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Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), the passionate, ardent, irrepressible genius of French Romanticism, left a rich and original oeuvre which exerted a profound influence on nineteenth century music. A performance of Hamlet in September 1827, with Harriet Smithson as Ophelia, provoked an overwhelming but unrequited passion, whose aftermath may be heard in the Symphonie fantastique (1830).

Berlioz, Hector- Symphonie Fantastique op.14
Cherubini, Luigi :Overture Anacréon
Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber: Overture La Muette de Portici
Orchestre Lamoureux,Paris olv Igor Markevitch
111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon: The Collector's Edition 1 CD34
Opname 1962/1995 ADD