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« on: 11:33:38, 08-11-2008 »
I'm in the process of addressing some holes in my CD collection.
I've already asked for recommendations for recordings of the Große Fuge and the Rite of Spring, but what I'm looking for now is your favourite recordings of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.

This thread could also be a place to talk about Berlioz's music, which I think is pretty wonderful actually.
Recommendations for recordings of Roméo et Juliette also gratefully received.  Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: 11:53:21, 08-11-2008 »
I have both Norrington recordings of the Symphonie Fantastique, and like both (I prefer the Stuttgart 'modern' instrument one as a performance. But both are fine).

I have Gardiner for Roméo et Juliette, but I'm not sure if it's that wonderful a performance. Bit ... all purpose (or a bit Gardiner, I suppose).
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« Reply #2 on: 13:09:30, 08-11-2008 »
Markevitch on DG is probably top of my list - fiery but very precise and the timbres are on-ne-peut-plus-français (a good thing in the Fantastique I feel).

Also worth a look though is the EMI double with Martinon of the Fantastique plus Lélio - it's not something you want to hear every day but it's still a most intriguing work (and at one moment Gedda whips out a to-die-for top C#, for all you high-note watchers).
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« Reply #3 on: 20:03:05, 09-11-2008 »
I think Gardiner's SF is extremely good (though I agree with SH about his R&J), haven't heard either Norrington though.
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« Reply #4 on: 21:45:34, 09-11-2008 »
Quote from: richard barrett on 20:03:05, 09-11-2008
I think Gardiner's SF is extremely good (though I agree with SH about his R&J), haven't heard either Norrington though.

I seem to have a strange assortment of Symphonies fantastiques: Norrington/London Classical Players, which I quite like, Boulez/LSO (which is what it is, I suppose), and MW Chung/Opera Bastille, which I think is quite good for a more-or-less-what-you-expect approach...

(The Boulez is part of a cheap 3-CD Sony box that also includes Lélio, a piece I have a lot of time for due to its fundamental weirdness, as well as Nuits d'été w/ Minton and Stuart Burrows, La Mort de Cléopâtre w/ Minton, Carnaval Romain, and bits and pieces of Béatrice et Bénédict, Les Troyens and Benvenuto Cellini. Not at all recommended for one's only Berlioz, but interesting to have for Hector fanatics like myself...

(looking at the price I just linked to, I guess I can only say that it used to be cheap  Undecided )
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