Berlioz/ Toronto Mendelssohn Choir/ Davis - Symphonie FantastiqueThe Fantaisie sur la Tempete de Shakespeare was composed shortly after Berlioz had won the coveted Prix de Rome (at the fourth attempt) with his cantata Sardanapale, and was originally conceived as a concert overture, with chorus. After various reworkings of the material, the four movement Fantaisie, as recorded here, became the finale of Berlioz's 'monodrama' Lelio a juxtaposition of existing material interlinked with dramatic monologues recited by

there called "Moravians

From 1950 and onwards

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constructed their own violins

It was in this version of 1878/1880

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He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection packs in a macabre menagerie of demented jellyfish men (Sting of Death)

which lends a special color to this recording

the wind bands of the Imperial court

the scoring of alto flute

or will he learn the martial arts of Jing Wu and fight alongside LI Er against the Japanese

he ventured a step further towards electronic music with his new album Kerber (2021)