In 19th-century Paris, a famous actress and a scrappy composer met by chance and began the most epic love affair of the Romantic Era. It didn't work out. Decades later, the two begrudgingly reunite ...

Andrew Davis is no slouch when it comes to his selection of seven Berlioz Overtures (the missing ones are Les Troyens and Rob Roy). The bustle that opens Le Corsaire will tell you that. Norway's ...

Robin Ticciati's first disc with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is devoted to the composer who has featured prominently in his programmes since he became their principal conductor in 2009. Few ...

Admirers of Robin Ticciati might be surprised, and not a little frustrated, that his discography has so far been rather small, although at the age of only 28 he still has plenty of time. Prior to this ...

‘Perhaps no artist,’ wrote Charles Koechlin of Berlioz in 1922, ‘has ever caused so many divergences of opinion.’ Certainly one does not have far to go to unearth the insults. Slonimsky’s invaluable ...

David Aaron Carpenter is the eloquent viola soloist in Berlioz’s Byronic symphony, which Paganini had hoped would serve as a vehicle for his phenomenal virtuosity. As things turned out, it proved ...

(Le) carnaval romain Thomas Beecham, Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Hector Berlioz, Composer King Lear Hector Berlioz, Composer Thomas Beecham, Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Waverley ...