Marion Lebègue, Julien Behr, Frédéric Caton, Chœurs et solistes de Lyon-Bernard Tétu, Leonard Slatkin & Orchestre National de Lyon - Berlioz: Roméo Et Juliette, Op. 17, H 79 (2019)
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XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 457 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 275 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:58:29
Classical, Vocal | Label: Naxos Records
Of all Berlioz’s Shakespeare-inspired works, Roméo et Juliette is unquestionably his masterpiece. It is also cast in an innovative new form, a kind of ‘super-symphony’ that incorporates elements of symphony, opera and oratorio. Berlioz composed no singing roles for the central characters, but allowed others to comment or narrate, giving latitude to incarnate the lovers in a musical language of extraordinary delicacy and passion. The vivid Ball Scene and Romeo at the Capulet tomb are intensely dramatic but the heart of the work is the Love Scene, a long symphonic poem which Richard Wagner called ‘the melody of the 19th century’.