Classical Classics - Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Classical Notes, Peter Gutmann. It's tough to admit in these politically- correct times of ours, but one of the most influential, enduring and celebrated of all classical masterworks, the Symphonie Fantastique of Hector Berlioz, was meant to depict a drug trip. According to the composer's own detailed program, his symphony aimed to describe the tortured dreams of a sensitive artist in lovesick despair who takes an overdose of opium and becomes haunted by visions of an unattainable woman. Roger Norrington and the London Classical Players (EMI 4. Sir Thomas Beecham's famed 1. Fantastique with the French National Radio Orchestra (EMI 6. Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869). Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Symphonie Fantastique: . Program notes (1845) by Berlioz. Program Notes - Symphonie Fantastique. Home > Know Before You Go > 08-09 Program Notes > Program Notes. Symphonie fantastique, Op. Hector Berlioz's Original Program Notes for Symphonie fantastique. Composer Hector Berlioz wrote these program notes for the 1830 premiere of his Symphonie fantastique: Part One: Dreams – Passions The author imagines that a.
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