Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Episode 5 of 5: The Bitter End
First broadcast: Friday 30 May 2014

Donald Macleod explores the bitter final years of Hector Berlioz, when, troubled by ill health and a continued poor reception for his music in France he was moved to write in his Memoirs: "I am alone. My contempt for the folly and baseness of mankind, my hatred of its atrocious cruelty, have never been so intense. And I say hourly to death: 'When you will.' Why does he delay?".

00:01
Charles-François Gounod
Faust - Ballet music, no.5; Les Troyennes
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.
EMI: 7 69932 2, EMI, 9

00:08
Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens a Carthage - Intermezzo; Chasse royale et orage
Choir: Montreal Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Montreal S O. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
DECCA : 443-693 2, DECCA, 1

00:19
Hector Berlioz
Beatrice et Benedict - opera in 2 acts Op.27 Overture
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Choir: Paris Orchestra Chorus.
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 449-577 2, DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, 1

00:28
Hector Berlioz
Beatrice et Benedict - opera in 2 acts Op.27 Act 2, no.10; Dieu! Que viens-je d
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Choir: Paris Orchestra Chorus.
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 449-577 2, DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, 8

00:35
Hector Berlioz
Sara la baigneuse Op.11 Act 2, no.10; Dieu! Que viens-je d'entendre?
Singer: Gaele le Roi. Performer: Noel Lee. Singer: Francoise Biscara.
HARMONIA MUNDI : HMA-1951293, HARMONIA MUNDI, 7

00:40
Hector Berlioz
Waverley - overture Op.1
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham.
SONY: SMK89807, SONY, 3
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