Ormandy: Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique with Eugene Ormandy

Eugene Ormandy conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, one of the defining scores of orchestral Romanticism. Across five movements, the work follows the visionary course of the Épisode de la vie d’un artiste, from the opening passion to the celebrated final witches’ sabbath.

Registrations

The stereo Columbia recording of Symphonie fantastique with Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra was released in 1961; the session is dated December 14, 1960. The original stereo edition listed the timings of the five movements and was issued in parallel in mono.

Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra

The long partnership between Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra represents one of the central chapters of twentieth-century American orchestral recording history. In Berlioz, the ensemble’s precision and the orchestra’s tonal richness support the score’s narrative construction.

Available formats

File PCM 44.1kHz • 16bit — CD Resolution.

Tracklist

01 — Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: I. Rêveries – Passions
02 — II. Un bal
03 — III. Scène aux champs
04 — IV. Marche au supplice
05 — V. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat

Credits

Composer: Hector Berlioz
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra
Edition: Capsa Symphōnĭa
Code: CS647

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