Berlioz - King Lear - Overture
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- Le roi Lear (English: King Lear), Opus 4. Composed in Nice in 1831 during Berlioz's journey back to France after his stay in Italy (as a result of winning the Prix de Rome). The overture is based on Shakespeare's King Lear, a recent discovery for the composer whose love of the dramatist is evident in many other of his works. It was first performed at the Paris Conservatoire on 22 December 1833.
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Amazing...genius!! Bravo bravo
Someone asked how the composer's name is pronounced. Two people replied incorrectly. In Berlioz's first name, the "H" is silent, and the accent is on the second syllable; speakers of English might spell it phonetically as "eck-TORE." In the second name, the "Z" is not silent, and the accent is on the final syllable -- as though it were spelled "bear-lee-OWES."
On a related note, I'd remind people that you also pronounce the 'z' in "Boulez." Not all French z's are silent.
However you pronounce the name the important thing to remember that H.B. was the greatest musical genius of all time - my opinion of course!
There is some truth to this. He was indeed referred to by some as "the French Beethoven."
Berlioz and Debussy are nearest to Mozart and Bach?
Debussy? Hmm not sure about that - kkk
Thank you for the beautiful music and performance,
Thank you.
I don't know what aspects of the play Berlioz was portraying. He would have done the storm with the near naked King deranged very well. Two of his daughters & their husbands treat him despicably & the good one dies .
In the play "The Dresser" it shows the actor-manager weighing a young actress. It's to make sure he can carry the Cordelia at the end. The monarch is meant to be eighty. I think Olivier had the help of wires once.
I almost met Sir Colin once when he gave a talk. He was introduced as a "musicologist". The way people treat their fellow humans!
He was not only a great conductor it was always an occasion when he held the baton.
I even remember him with a Mozart serenade at Covent Garden piazza.
Regarding Berlioz Davis was wonderful for re-establishing this composer. There was a certain neglect of Berlioz in France which I hope has been remedied.
I just heard the Lyons Opera complete recording with dialogue of "Béatrice et Bénédict" (John Nelson). Excellent & a delghtful piece.
Thanks for uploading!
De donde se inspiran ellos , estas personas del siglo 18 para producir estos sonidos, de la naturaleza? . ya ahora por que la musica no habla de lo mismo , .....
Yeah it is.
Great performance of an overture that for some unknown reason is rarely heard these days. "Le Corsaire" is much better known but inferior, I think. The dry Barbican acoustic is evident here in this recording.
Who conducts this marvelous Orchestre and overture? Thanks for answer!
+Philippe Baudry Not absolutely certain but I think it's Colin Davis/London S.O.
I believe Phil Collins.
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I don't know any quotes about this composer by other composers. Can someone tell me?
Liszt, Wagner, corrspondense between these two, Schumann about his "symphonie fantastique", Spontini and others. You can also read his "Mémoires", I think also translated in English.
WAGNER loved Le Grand Marche Funébre Triumfale. Yet Wagner couldn't articulate his love for Mendelssohn but for borrowing Walkenritt from Fingal's Cave.....
From a purely musical perspective the overture is excellent with many innovative orchestral effects. But it always bothered me that Berlioz associated the piece with Shakespeare's King Lear when the heroic and essentially jubilant qualities of the music are totally alien from the somber, cataclysmic emotions generated by the play. I understand that Berlioz was attempting to evoke Lear's majesty and authority more than his suffering but I just can't connect my experience reading the play with the music of this overture. It's a shame cause if he had called it "Overture to Shakespeare's Henry VIII" it would fit perfectly for me.
Apparently he wrote it after his fiancee broke off their engagement for a wealthier man. He was plotting to murder them out of revenge, but while he was traveling, he came out of his craze and decided not to. Then he wrote this piece while he was staying in Nice, FR, before writing his "le retour a la vie." So maybe there is more of the suffering and emotion in here than appears... I'd have to think about it some more while listening. But the back story makes me think he had a lot going on while he composed it. I think there's a partial consideration to be made of the Romantic style also having a lot to do with how emotion is portrayed. I'm thinking of Swan Lake here.
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Does anyone know whether the composer's name is pronounced Ber-loy or Ber-lo-wah?
A nice piece though...
"Bear-lee-ohz"
The pronunciation of the composer's name gives rise to his sobriquet of Fat Socks, or Burly Hose.
Burly hose = Gros tuyau ? d'orgue évidemment.
San Diego Symphony with Yov Tami give a better and on point performance.
Ridiculous not to mention the performers. This cannot be the lso/Davis recording. It sounds more as an mediocre orchestra....
Yes the brass sounds too tentative for the L.S.O. (a strong point in that orchestra) but the string playing is fine and it has that Barbican Hall sound so I think it's most likely that orchestra - perhaps on an "off" day - lol.
I think it's pronounced as: ber-lee-oh
I think you pronounce the z at the end of his name.