Berlioz: The Complete Works (27CD)

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Hector Berlioz, France’s greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age – yet his genius was also ahead of its time. Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of groundbreaking brilliance. This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. The accompanying booklet, lavishly illustrated, contains a fascinating commentary from Berlioz biographer David Cairns, whose words bring the composer’s music still more vividly to life.

Key points #1 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Hector Berlioz’s death. · Born in 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André near Lyon, he died in Paris on 8th March 1869. #2 The first-ever complete Berlioz edition · Following the major success of Warner Classics’ complete Debussy edition. #3 A wealth of milestone recordings and multi-award winners · Carefully selected from the Warner Classics, Erato and Universal catalogues and spanning more than 60 years, from 1956 to 2018, including 2017’s multi-award winner recording of Les Troyens by John Nelson. #4 A number of world premiere recordings · The set contains a number of works recorded for the very first time, most notably the surviving fragments of the unfinished opera La Nonne sanglante, recorded live in 2018.