Featured artists:
Roger Norrington, Sir Adrian Boult, Mariss Jansons, Louis Frémaux, Jean Martinon, Riccardo Muti, Renaud Capuçon, Daniel Harding, Michel Plasson, Sir Colin Davis, Rolando Villazón, Louis Langrée, Yutaka Sado, Véronique Gens, John Eliot Gardiner, Sir John Barbirolli, Janet Baker, Thomas Moser, Kent Nagano, Alexandre Tharaud, Sabine Devieilhe, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Charles Dutoit, John Nelson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Marianne Crebassa, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Laurence Equilbey
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.
