Fact file
| Year of birth | 1803 |
| Year of death | 1869 |
| Nationality | France |
| Period | Romantic |
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TokyoDaniel Harding conducts the Orchestre de Paris
Berlioz, Beethoven
Orchestre de Paris; Daniel Harding; Isabelle Faust
TokyoGautier Capuçon
Roussel, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz, Respighi
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Stéphane Denève; Gautier Capuçon
ParisNuits d'été – Orchestre national d'Île-de-France
Berlioz, Ravel, Roussel
Orchestre national d'Île de France; Fabien Gabel; Karine Deshayes
Nishinomiya111st Subscription Concert
Ohzawa, Berlioz, Various
Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra; Yutaka Sado; Sirba Octet
ViennaBerlioz & Beethoven
Berlioz, Beethoven
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; François-Xavier Roth; Antoine Tamestit
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Shimmering showstoppers in Pittsburgh
Korngold's Violin Concerto from Simone Lamsma is delivered with extraordinary deftness and depth, while Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances thrill under Yan Pascal Tortelier and the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony at the Elbphilharmonie
Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in love with Pettersson and Berlioz, whereas Alina Ibragimova disappoints in Schumann.
French flair: Pure joy from Enrique Mazzola and the LPO
Each of the works are particularly radiant in themselves, but made even more so as they were presented here.
Hector Berlioz' Les Troyens conquer Vienna
An epic night at the opera with Joyce DiDonato, which will be hard to forget.
Märkl leads a first-rate Daphnis et Chloé in Atlanta
Jun Märkl excels in an all-French program entitled “Vive la France”.
List of works
La Mort d'Ophélie, H92Benvenuto Cellini: overtureBéatrice et BénédictBéatrice et Bénédict: overtureChant du BonheurGrande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op.15 H 80Harold en Italie, Op.16Irlande: mélodies irlandaises, Op.2bL'Enfance du Christ, Op.25L'ImpérialeLa Captive (voice, cello & piano)La Damnation de FaustLa Damnation de Faust, Op.24: Rákóczy MarchLa Damnation de Faust: AriasLa Mort de CléopâtreLa belle voyageuseLe Carnaval romain, Op.9Le Corsaire, Op.21: OvertureLe Roi Lear, Op.4Le jeune pâtre breton, Op.13 no.4 H65Le temple universelLes Francs-Juges: overture, Op.3Les Nuits d'été, Op.7Les Troyens (The Trojans)Les Troyens: Royal hunt and stormLélio, ou Le retour à la vie, Op.14bisMéditation religieusePetit oiseau, Op.13 no.2Requiem "Grande Messe des morts", Op.5Rob Roy OvertureRoméo et Juliette, choral symphonyRoméo et Juliette, choral symphony, Op.17: Love SceneRoméo et Juliette, choral symphony, Op.17: Roméo seulSymphonie fantastique, Op.14Symphony Fantastique op. 14a (transcritpion: Liszt)Te DeumTristiaWaverley: Grand Overture, Op.1Zaïde: Bolero