Berlioz: The Complete Operas [Box Set] [Box set, Import]

Hector Berlioz (Composer), Colin Davis (Conductor), BBC Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden (Orchestra), Anne Howells (Performer), Anthony Raffell (Performer), Berit Lindholm (Performer), Christiane Eda-Pierre (Performer), David Lennox (Performer), Dennis Wicks (Performer), Derek Blackwell (Performer), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Performer), Heather Begg (Performer), Helen Watts (Performer), Hugues Cuénod (Performer), Ian Partridge (Performer), Jane Berbie (Performer), Janet Baker (Performer), Janine Reiss (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Anne Howells, Anthony Raffell, Berit Lindholm, Christiane Eda-Pierre, David Lennox, et al.
• Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Composer: Hector Berlioz
• Audio CD (March 11, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 9
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B000025VM7
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #535,848 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overtura

2. Scena1a

3. Scena1b

4. Scena2a

5. Scena2b

6. Scena3a

7. Scena3b

8. Scena3c

9. Scena4a

10. Scena4bscena5

11. Scena6

12. Scena7a

13. Scena7b

14. Scena8a

15. Scena8b

16. Scena8c9y10a

17. Scena10by11

18. Scena12a

19. Scena12b

20. Scena13finale_a

See all 124 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous Berlioz! Tremendous US price, July 13, 2010

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This review is from: Berlioz: The Complete Operas [Box Set] (Audio CD)

So you think ol' Hector was a second-rate composer? Try these three operas, brilliantly performed by great artists such as Vickers, Veasy and Gedda. And Sir Colin Davis is a very sympathetic(and under-rated) conductor. I have to say, Les Troyens is simply spectacular. Great singing, choruses and orchestral playing. Berlioz was really about two generations ahead of his time in his ideas and execution, not to mention his brilliant orchestrations(and this from someone who played guitar and a little flute!).

I give this set FIVE stars for content and overall performance. Every opera lover owes it to themselves to hear these wonderful operas. But- this price is out of line. Unless you have money to burn or are trying single-handedly to stimulate the economy, try finding it abroad(Amazon UK) or used as $170 is just tremendous, and not in a good way.