Hector Berlioz, France’s greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age – yet his genius was also ahead of its time.

Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of groundbreaking brilliance.

« J’ai la passion de la passion. » « L’amour et la musique sont les deux ailes de l’âme. » Berlioz “I have a passion for passion.” “Love and music are the soul’s two wings.” Berlioz

Artists

Donald McInnes (viola), Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Patrick Roger (cor anglais), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Luc Viala (tenor), Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Jeff Cohen (piano), Michael Spyres (tenor), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Jean Teitgen (bass), Olivier Picard (boy soprano), Tibère Raffalli (tenor), Marcel Vanaud (baritone), François Le Roux (baritone), Françoise Pollet (soprano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Choeur de l'Opéra de Lyon, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Choeur de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Badischer Staatsopernchor, Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Harding, Kent Nagano, Sir John Barbirolli, John Nelson, Riccardo Muti, Mariss Jansons, Michel Plasson, Louis Frémaux