{"id":667,"date":"2012-03-26T18:43:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T23:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2012-03-26T18:43:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T23:43:11","slug":"berlioz-symphonie-funebrae-et-triomphale-vssograff-overtures-philharmonic-poboult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/?p=667","title":{"rendered":"Berlioz: Symphonie fun\u00e9brae et triomphale &#8211;  VSSO\/Graff ;  Overtures &#8211; Philharmonic PO\/Boult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/KHCD-2012-003-cover-thumb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-668\" title=\"KHCD-2012-003-cover-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/KHCD-2012-003-cover-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/KHCD-2012-003-cover-thumb.jpg 300w, http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/KHCD-2012-003-cover-thumb-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/KHCD-2012-003-cover-thumb-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>KHCD-2012-003 (MONO) &#8211; Berlioz: Les francs-juges, Overture, Op. 3; Intrata di Rob Roy MacGregor ; B\u00e9atrice et B\u00e9n\u00e9dict Overture ; Le roi Lear Overture, Op. 4 &#8211; Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra of London\/Sir Adrian Boult; Symphonie Fun\u00e8bre et Triomphale, Op. 15 (H 80) &#8211; Wiener Kammerchor\/Vienna State Opera Orchestra\/Ernest Graf &#8211; <\/strong>One doesn&#8217;t usually associated Sir Adrian Boult as a Berlioz conductor, but these performances of four Berlioz overtures soon dispel that notion. Taped originally by Nixa, licensed to Westminster, these are exciting performances, very well recorded. The rarely performed <em>Symphonie Fun\u00e8bre et\u00a0<\/em><em style=\"text-align: -webkit-center;\">Triomphale<\/em><span style=\"text-align: -webkit-center;\"> was the result of\u00a0 a commission by the French government to Berlioz in 1840, to write a piece in celebration of the Revolution of July 1830, to accompany the transfer of remains of fifty victims of the Revolution to the Place de la Bastille. This performance, decidedly Teutonic in approach regarding tempi and demeanor, nevertheless is a spectacular rendition in good mono sound. This transcribed Urania recording uses the second version of the score, modified by Berlioz for a separate concert held in August 1840 which utilizes strings (in a subtle manner) as well as the original large wind band scoring, with a chorus singing words written by Antoni Deschamps in the final movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click <a title=\"Berlioz sample\" href=\"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/media\/KHCD-2012-003-sample.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for an MP3 sample of this rare collection of music by Berlioz, available on<a title=\"Classical LPs and tapes digitally restored and released on CDs and high-quality MP3s\" href=\"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\" target=\"_blank\"> Klassic Haus Restorations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers &#8211; Curt Timmons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KHCD-2012-003 (MONO) &#8211; Berlioz: Les francs-juges, Overture, Op. 3; Intrata di Rob Roy MacGregor ; B\u00e9atrice et B\u00e9n\u00e9dict Overture ; Le roi Lear Overture, Op. 4 &#8211; Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra of London\/Sir Adrian Boult; Symphonie Fun\u00e8bre et Triomphale, Op. 15 (H 80) &#8211; Wiener Kammerchor\/Vienna State Opera Orchestra\/Ernest Graf &#8211; One doesn&#8217;t usually associated Sir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670,"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions\/670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klassichaus.us\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}