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Hector Berlioz
(b. La Cote-St-Andre, Isere, 11 Dec 1803; d. Paris, 8 March 1869).
French composer. As a boy he learnt the flute, guitar and, from treatises alone, harmony (he never studied the piano); his first compositions were romances and small chamber pieces. He entered for the Prix de Rome four times (1827-30) and finally won. Among the most powerful influences on him were Shakespeare, whose plays were to inspire three major works, and the actress Harriet Smithson, whom he idolized, pursued and, after a bizarre courtship, eventually married (1833). Beethoven's symphonies too made a strong impact, along with Goethe's Faust and the works of Moore, Scott and Byron. The most important product of this time was his startlingly original, five-movement Symphonie fantastique (1830).
Berlioz's 15 months in Italy (1831-2) were significant more for his absorption of warmth, vivacity and local colour than for the official works he wrote there. Although the 1830s and early 1840s saw a flow of major compositions - Harold en Italie, Benvenuto Cellini, Grande messe des morts, Romeo et Juliette, Grande symphonie funebre et triomphale, Les nuits d'ete - his musical career was now essentially a tragic one. He failed to win much recognition, his works were considered eccentric or "incorrect" and he had reluctantly to rely on journalism for a living.
As the discouragements of Paris increased, however, performances and recognition abroad beckoned: between 1842 and 1863 Berlioz spent most of his time touring. Hailed as an advanced composer, he also became known as a leading modern conductor. He produced literary works and another series of musical masterpieces - La damnation de Faust, the Te Deum, L'enfance du Christ, the vast epic Les troyens (1856-8; partly performed, 1863) and Beatrice et Benedict (1860-62) - meanwhile enjoying happy if short-lived relationships with Liszt and Wagner. The loss of his father, his son Louis, two wives, two sisters and friends merely accentuated the weary decline of his last years.
A lofty idealist with a leaping imagination, Berlioz was subject to violent emotional changes from enthusiasm to misery. The intensity of the personality is inextricably woven into the music: all his works reflect something in himself expressed through poetry, literature, religion or drama. Sincere expression is the key - matching means to expressive ends, often to the point of mixing forms and media, ignoring pre-set schemes. In Les troyens, his grand opera on Virgil's Aeneid, for example, aspects of the monumental and the intimate, the symphonic and the operatic, the decorative and the solemn converge. Similarly his symphonies, from the explicitly dramatic Symphonie fantastique with its idee fixe (the theme representing his beloved, changed and distorted in line with the work's scenario), to the picturesque Harold en Italie with its concerto element, to the operatic choral symphony cum tone poem Romeo et Juliette, are all character
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    Berlioz Hector Aroldo In Italia / Pasquier (v (special order)
79488190972 berlioz hector: aroldo in italia / pasquier (vla)¥heisser (pf) barcode: 79488190972. CD 1 listed $21

    Berlioz Hector Beatrice Et Benedict / Davis C
503082001747 berlioz hector: beatrice et benedict / davis c¥shkosa¥tarver barcode: 503082001747. 2 listed $37 - $81

    Berlioz Hector Benvenuto Cellini / Nelson-kun
72435457062 berlioz hector: benvenuto cellini / nelson¥kunde¥ciofi barcode: 72435457062. 2 listed $143

    Berlioz Hector Carnaval Romain Ouverture - Be
LP 1 listed $166

    Berlioz Hector Dannazione Di Faust / Davis-ge (special order)
2894163952 berlioz hector: dannazione di faust / davis¥gedda¥bastin¥veasey barcode: 2894163952. CD 1 listed $97

    Berlioz Hector Harold In Italia Op.16 / Dutoi (special order)
2894553612 berlioz hector: harold in italia op.16 / dutoit charles barcode: 2894553612. CD 1 listed $55

    Berlioz Hector Huit Scenes De Faust Op.1 / Du (special order)
2894750972 berlioz hector: huit scenes de faust op.1 / dutoit¥graham¥ainsley barcode: 2894750972. CD 1 listed $55

    Berlioz Hector I Troiani / Levine-norman(sopr
4400734310 berlioz hector: i troiani / levine¥norman(sopr)¥domingo barcode: 4400734310. 3 listed $114 - $191

    Berlioz Hector L Enfance Du Christ 2recs (special order)
lp and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. LP+CDR 1 listed $52

    Berlioz Hector L'enfance Du Christ 2recs
crl mrl 11575 e. 2 listed $8 - $37

    Berlioz Hector L'infanzia Di Cristo Op.25 / G
72435685862 berlioz hector: l'infanzia di cristo op.25 / giulini¥los angeles¥gedda barcode: 72435685862. 2 listed $55

    Berlioz Hector La Damnation De Faust
box 3 lps ozawa, seiji - mathis, edith - burrows, stuart made in germany /1974 la damnation de faust, op.24 tanglewood festival chorus boston boy choir boston symphony orchestra donald mc intyr. Deutsche Gramophon 2709048 3 listed $45 - $150

    Berlioz Hector La Dannazione Di Faust Ft. Geo
lp and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 4 listed $15 - $97

    Berlioz Hector La Symphonie Fantastique - Deu
lp and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 2 listed $72 - $116

    Berlioz Hector Le Notti D'estate Op.7 / Baren
2894455942 berlioz hector: le notti d'estate op.7 / barenboim¥kanawa barcode: 2894455942. 4 listed $42 - $55

    Berlioz Hector Lelio Ou Le Retour A La Vie -
2 listed $55 - $160

    Berlioz Hector Orchestral And Choral Works / (special order)
9511565872 berlioz hector: orchestral and choral works / pikler robert barcode: 9511565872. CD 1 listed $55

    Berlioz Hector Requiem Op.5 / Ozawa-cole
9026625442 berlioz hector: requiem op.5 / ozawa¥cole barcode: 9026625442. 2 listed $55 - $222

    Berlioz Hector Romeo Et Juliette
2lp and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. 3 listed $30 - $94

    Berlioz Hector Sinf Fantastica Op.14 / Munch
2894261032 berlioz hector: sinf fantastica op.14 / munch charles barcode: 2894261032. 8 listed $25 - $55

    Berlioz Hector Symphonie Fantastique - Orches
10 listed $9 - $190

    Berlioz Hector Te Deum - London Symphonie Orc
LP 1 listed $150

    Berlioz Hector - Requi Maazel Lorin - Orchestre De Cl (special order)
2lp and digitally remastered audiophile cd. professional artwork, track listing, cd jewel case etc. LP+CDR 1 listed $91

    Berlioz Hector Bizet G Symph. Francaises Scottish Ham
CD 1 listed $71

    Berlioz Hector/casades Berlioz:les Nuits D'ete (special order)
8557274 cd 4 4 2005 classical barcode: 747313227426 naxos 8557274. CD 1 listed $15

    Berlioz, hector Best Of (special order) CD 1 listed $13

    Berlioz, hector Classical Spectacular CD 1 listed $7

    Berlioz, hector Four Overtures
numbered copy 000039, very rare!!. URANIA US57048 LP 1 listed $499

    Berlioz, hector Great Music - Small Talk - Sym CD 1 listed $7

    Berlioz, hector Harold In Italie
4 listed $10 - $13

    Berlioz, hector His Story & His Music (special order) CD 1 listed $5

    Berlioz, hector L'enfance Du Christ
vg. DECCA 0028945891521 2CD 1 listed $30

    Berlioz, hector La Damnation De Faust
box 3 lps ozawa, seiji - mathis, edith - burrows, stuart made in germany /1974 la damnation de faust, op.24 tanglewood festival chorus boston boy choir boston symphony orchestra donald mc intyr. Deutsche Gramophon 2709048 3LP 1 listed $60

    Berlioz, hector Le Carnaval Romain / Symphonie (special order) CD 1 listed $18

    Berlioz, hector Lelio (special order) CD 1 listed $21

    Berlioz, hector Les Troyens (decca) CD 1 listed $7

    Berlioz, hector Nuits D'ete - Pollet, Jordan 2 listed $12 - $22

    Berlioz, hector Overtures (yoav Talmi) (special order) CD 1 listed $13

    Berlioz, hector Requiem 5 2 listed $25 - $54

    Berlioz, hector Revolutionaere Orchesterklaeng CD 1 listed $7

    Berlioz, hector Seiji Ozawa / Boston Sym Orch (special order) CD 1 listed $64

    Berlioz, hector Sinfonie Fantastique (pinchas CD 1 listed $7

    Berlioz, hector Symph. Fantastique, Romeo Et J 4 listed $12 - $27

    Berlioz, hector Symphonie Fantastique Op.14
deutsche grammophon 41673 5, digital recording, berlioz, hector (chicago symphony orchestra, claudio abbado. 1984 10 listed $7 - $15

    Berlioz, hector / Dani La Damnation De Faust
box 3 lps ozawa, seiji - mathis, edith - burrows, stuart made in germany /1974 la damnation de faust, op.24 tanglewood festival chorus boston boy choir boston symphony orchestra donald mc intyr. Deutsche Gramophon 2709048 LP Box 1 listed $51

   Berlioz, hector Albert Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
CD 1 listed $7

   Berlioz, hector Bizet, French Opera Arias [audio Cd]
CD 1 listed $7

   Berlioz, hector Borodi Classical Dance [audio Cd]
CD 1 listed $7

   Berlioz, hector Brahms Great Waltzes [audio Cd]
CD 1 listed $7

   Berlioz, hector Dukas, Classical Fantasy [audio Cd]
CD 1 listed $7

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