Les Siecles / Roth,Francois-Xavier Berlioz: Harold En Italie Les Nuit D'Ete CD

Berlioz: Harold en Italie Les Nuit D'ete - A new aesthetic calls for new forms: such is the challenge the composer set for himself in the two works presented here. In Les Nuits d'?t?, Berlioz pioneered - well before Mahler and Ravel - the song cycle for voice and orchestra. In Harold in Italy, scored for large orchestra and solo viola, he experimented with the symphonic genre. These period-instrument performances by Francois-Xavier Roth and Les Si?cles feature violist Tabea Zimmermann and vocalist St?phane Degout, heard here in the composer's own version of Les Nuits d'?t? for baritone.

1. Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op. 16 40:40 2. 1. Harold Aux Montagnes. Sc?nes de M?lancolie, de Bonheur Et de Joie. Adagio 15:14 3. 2. Marche de P?lerins Chantant la Pri?re Du Soir. Allegretto 7:51 4. 3. S?r?nade D'un Montagnard Des Abbruzes ? Sa Ma?tresse. Allegro Assai 5:58 5. 4. Orgie de Brigands. Souvenirs Des Sc?nes Pr?c?dentes. Allegro Frenetico 11:37 6. Berlioz: Les Nuits D'?T?, Op. 7, H. 81B 29:38 7. 1. Villanelle, H. 82 2:12 8. 2. Le Spectre de la Rose, H. 83 6:40 9. 3. Sur Les Lagunes, Lamento, H. 84 5:43 10. 4. Absence, H. 85 5:45 11. 5. Au Cimeti?re, Clair de Lune, H. 86 5:41 12. 6. L'?le Inconnue, H. 87 3:37