 | No. 383 of the ongoing ITYWLTMT series of audio montages is this week's Friday Blog and Podcast. It can be found in our archives at https://archive.org/details/pcast383 |
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In the past few years, I have programmed Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique to mark “4-20” *which happens to have been last Wednesday) and Mahler’s Song of the Earth for Earth Day (today). As it turns out, we posted the Mahler song cycle a few days ago, and today (as part of this A la Carte post), it’s time for the Berlioz.
As I stated
in the original post, the work itself doesn't need introduction, as its
back-story, and programme, have been well documented. What we have here is a
straight-forward, honest and for Maazel not too pretentious. Considering that
the Cleveland Orchestra isn't a French repertoire orchestra per se, it is quite
enjoyable!
To fill the
montage, I added another Maazel CBS recording from his tenure in Cleveland.
Theearly digital album featured three Richard Strauss tone poems, and I thought
matching the Berlioz work to Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration was a fitting
choice. Hope you agree!
I think you
will (still) love this music too.
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