Fans of Hector Berlioz — and record companies, it appears — need no excuse to celebrate the music of the pioneering French composer and quick-witted music critic. The sesquicentennial of Berlioz's ...
In music, Franz Liszt was the quintessential Byronic Hero. Like his modifying Romantic namesake, George Gordon (Lord Byron), Liszt was a beautiful, talented, and fundamentally flawed artist. Where ...
(Les) Troyens, '(The) Trojans', Movements: Du peuple et des soldats, ô roi! Roberto Alagna, Tenor Bertrand De Billy, Conductor Hector Berlioz, Composer Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Les) ...
He revived interest in a “problem child” in the pantheon of high romantic composers, bringing Berlioz overdue recognition as one of France’s greatest composers. By Adam Nossiter The Romantic-era ...