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If you enjoyed the Symphonie fantastique you will probably also enjoy these other works by Berlioz:

Harold in Italy (1834)
William Lincer (viola) and the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor. Sony Classics

Grande Messe des Morts (1837)
Cesare Valletti, tenor; Temple University Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor. Sony Classics

Romeo et Juliette (1839)
Jessye Norman, mezzo-soprano; John Aler, tenor; Simon Estes, bass; Westminster Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, conductor. Sony Classics

Les nuits d'été (1841)
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, John Nelson, conductor. Sony Classics

La Damnation de Faust (1846)
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Gabriel Bacquier, baritone; Orchestre de Paris, Georges Prêtre, conductor. Angel Classics

Les Troyens (1858)
Francoise Pollet, soprano (Dido); Deborah Voigt, soprano (Cassandre); Gary Lakes, tenor (Aeneas); and others; Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conductor. Polygram Classical

also on DVD:
Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Dido; Jessye Norman, mezzo-soprano (Cassandre); Placido Domingo (tenor), Aeneas; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine, conductor. Pioneer

Short works by other composers of the era, listed chronologically:

Schubert: "Erlkönig" (1815)
from Franz Schubert: 21 Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano
Angel Classics

Weber: Invitation to the Dance (1819)
Michie Koyama, piano
from Romantic Piano: Greatest Hits
Sony Classics

Beethoven: Finale from Symphony No. 9 (1824)
Pilar Lorengar, soprano; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Stuart Burrows, tenor; Marti Talvela, bass; Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti, conductor. Polygram Classical

Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream (1826)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, conductor
from Panorama: Famous Overtures. Universal

Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell (1829)
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor
from Rossini, Suppé: Overtures. Sony Classics

Bellini: Norma (1831)
Recommended excerpts: aria: "Casta Diva" and duet: "Mira, O Norma"
Joan Sutherland, soprano; Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano; John Alexander, tenor
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, conductor. London Records

Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E-flat Major (1831)
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
from: The Complete Chopin Piano Works, Vol. 7: Waltzes Arabesque

Adam: Excerpts from Giselle (1841)
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd, conductor Naxos

Wagner: Highlights from Der Fliegende Höllander (1843)
Recommended excerpts: Overture and aria: "Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff"
Deborah Voigt, soprano; James Morris, bass; and others
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, conductor
Sony Classics

Liszt: Les Préludes (1854)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor
from Liszt: Complete Tone Poems, Volume One


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