Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Episode 5 of 5: The Bitter End First broadcast: Friday 30 May 2014
Donald Macleod explores the bitter final years of Hector Berlioz, when, troubled by ill health and a continued poor reception for his music in France he was moved to write in his Memoirs: "I am alone. My contempt for the folly and baseness of mankind, my hatred of its atrocious cruelty, have never been so intense. And I say hourly to death: 'When you will.' Why does he delay?".
00:01 Charles-François Gounod Faust - Ballet music, no.5; Les Troyennes Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux. EMI: 7 69932 2, EMI, 9
00:08 Hector Berlioz Les Troyens a Carthage - Intermezzo; Chasse royale et orage Choir: Montreal Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Montreal S O. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. DECCA : 443-693 2, DECCA, 1
00:19 Hector Berlioz Beatrice et Benedict - opera in 2 acts Op.27 Overture Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Choir: Paris Orchestra Chorus. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 449-577 2, DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, 1
00:28 Hector Berlioz Beatrice et Benedict - opera in 2 acts Op.27 Act 2, no.10; Dieu! Que viens-je d Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Choir: Paris Orchestra Chorus. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 449-577 2, DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, 8
00:35 Hector Berlioz Sara la baigneuse Op.11 Act 2, no.10; Dieu! Que viens-je d'entendre? Singer: Gaele le Roi. Performer: Noel Lee. Singer: Francoise Biscara. HARMONIA MUNDI : HMA-1951293, HARMONIA MUNDI, 7
00:40 Hector Berlioz Waverley - overture Op.1 Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham. SONY: SMK89807, SONY, 3