Berlioz

Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works, and conducted several concerts with more than 1,000 musicians. He also composed around 50 songs. His influen...

BEECHAM Berlioz: La Grande Messe de Morts (Requiem) (1959) - PACO157

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BERLIOZ Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem)

Live broadcast recording, 1959
Total duration: 78:48

Richard Lewis, tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

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BEECHAM The ABC Blue Network Concerts, Complete (1945) - PABX016

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NICOLAI The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
ELGAR Serenade for Strings
HANDEL-BEECHAM Love in Bath: The Great Elopement
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
J. STRAUSS II Voices of Spring
WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
SIBELIUS Pelléas et Mélisande Suite: The Death of Mélisande
MOZART Divertimento, K 131: Adagio
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished.”
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade in C: Elegie
BERLIOZ Les Troyens: Trojan March
MOZART Symphony No. 31
HANDEL-BEECHAM Piano Concerto
CHABRIER España
MOZART The Impresario - Overture
SAINT-SAENS Omphale’s Spinning Wheel
BERLIOZ The Trojans - Royal Hunt and Storm
BERLIOZ Hungarian March

Recorded in 1945

Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Blue Network Symphony Orchestra

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BEECHAM The ABC Blue Network Concerts, Volume 2 (1945) - PASC470

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WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
SIBELIUS Pelléas et Mélisande Suite: The Death of Mélisande
MOZART Divertimento, K 131: Adagio
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished.”
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade in C: Elegie
BERLIOZ Les Troyens: Trojan March

Live broadcast on ABC/Blue Network, 4pm, 14 April 1945
Total duration: 57:50

Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Blue Network Symphony Orchestra

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BEECHAM The ABC Blue Network Concerts, Volume 4 (1945) - PASC480

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HAYDN Symphony No. 102
MOZART The Impresario - Overture
SAINT-SAENS Omphale’s Spinning Wheel
BERLIOZ The Trojans - Royal Hunt and Storm
BERLIOZ Hungarian March

Live broadcast on ABC/Blue Network, 4pm, 28 April 1945
Total duration: 53:37

Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Blue Network Symphony Orchestra

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BEECHAM The Complete Acoustics (1910-1918) - PASC755

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DEBUSSY Petite Suite
OFFENBACH Tales of Hoffman
STRAVINSKY The Firebird - Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
and many more

Studio recordings, 1910-1918
Total duration: 2hr 32:36 (CD) or 2hr 39:21 (download)

Beecham Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

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BODANZKY conducts Wagner et al (1927-29) - PASC537

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WAGNER Tannhäuser – Overture
WAGNER Lohengrin – Preludes to Acts 1 & 3
WAGNER Die Meistersinger – Overture
Overtures and short works by
BERLIOZ ∙ MOZART ∙ OFFENBACH ∙ SUPPÉ ∙ THOMAS ∙ J. STRAUSS II

Studio recordings, 1927-29
Total duration: 75:51

Berlin State Opera Orchestra
conducted by Artur Bodanzky

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