Roméo et Juliette, op. 17 / Berlioz.

Author/creator Berlioz, Hector
Format Audio (CD)
Publication Info[Place of publication not identified] : RCA Victor Gold Seal ; New York, NY : Manufactured and distributed by BMG Music, ℗1991.
Description2 audio discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Symphonies.
Song cycles.
Songs (High voice) with orchestra.

Other author/creatorRoggero, Margaret singer.
Other author/creatorChabay, Leslie, 1907-1989, singer.
Other author/creatorSze, Yi-Kwei, singer.
Other author/creatorAngeles, Victoria de los, singer.
Other author/creatorMunch, Charles, 1891-1968 conductor.
Other author/creatorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.
Other author/creatorGautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 Nuits d'été.
Included WorkBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Nuits d'été. Villanelle.
Included WorkBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Nuits d'été. Spectre de la rose.
Included WorkBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Nuits d'été. Sur les lagunes.
Included WorkBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Nuits d'été. Absence.
Included WorkBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Nuits d'été. Au cimetière.
Included WorkBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Nuits d'été. Île inconnue.
Other author/creatorHarvard Glee Club, performer.
Other author/creatorRadcliffe Choral Society performer.
Other author/creatorBoston Symphony Orchestra performer.
Uniform titleRoméo et Juliette
Variant title Les nuits d'été
SeriesBMG classics
Contents Roméo et Juliette op. 17 : Part one : Combats ; Tumulte ; Intervention du prince = Tumult and strife ; The prince intervenes (4:33). Récitatif choral : D'anciennes haines endormies (4:39). Strophes = Stanzas : Premiers transports que nul n'oublie (5:40). Récitatif et scherzetto : Bientôt de Roméo la pâle rêverie (3:19). Part two : Roméo seul = Romeo alone (5:06) ; Tristesse = Sadness (1:31) ; Bruits lointains de concert et de bal = Distant sounds of music and dancing (:027) ; Grande fête chez les Capulets = Great festivities in Capulet's palace (5:37) ; Nuit sereine ; Les jeunes Capulets sortant de la fête passent en chantant des réminiscences de la musique de la musique du bal = Starlight night ; The young Capulets leaving the hall pass by singing (3:15) ; Scène d'amour = Love scene (15:42) ; Scherzo : La reine Mab, ou, La fée des songes = Queen Mab scherzo (7:42). Part three : Convoi funèbre de Juliette = Juliet's funeral ; Jetez des fleurs pour la vierge expirée (9:10). Roméo au tombeau des Capulets = Romeo in the family vault of the Capulets (1:13). Invocation (4:09). Réveil de Juliette = Juliette's awakening (:55). Joie délirante, désespoir, angoisses et mort des deux amants = Delirious joy, despair, anguish, and death of the lovers (1:21). Finale : La foule accourt au cimetière ; Rixe des Capulets et des Montaigus = The Montagues and the Capulets resume their quarrel in the cemetery (1:18) ; Je vais dévoiler le mystère (2:49) ; Aria : Pauvres enfants que je pleure (7:35) ; Serment = The oath ; Jurez donc par l'auguste symbole (4:23) -- Les nuits d'été op. 7 : Villanelle (2:13) ; Le spectre de la rose (6:19) ; Sur les lagunes (6:58) ; L'absence (5:04) ; Au cimetière (5:44) ; L'isle inconnue (3:36).
General noteThe 1st work is a dramatic symphony with soloists (MzTB), choruses and orchestra based on Shakespeare's tragedy; the 2nd work is a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, poems by Théophile Gautier.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteProgram notes in English with texts in French and English (27 p.) inserted in container.
Performer Margaret Roggero, mezzo soprano ; Leslie Chabay, tenor ; Yi-Kwei Sze, bass ; Harvard Glee Club ; Radcliffe Choral Society (1st work) ; Victoria de los Angeles, soprano (2nd work) ; Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Munch, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Symphony Hall, Boston, 22-23 Feb. 1953 (1st work) and 12-13 April 1955 (2nd work).
LanguageSung in French.
UPC 9026606812
Publisher number09026-60681-2 RCA Victor

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