Weber,arr. Berlioz: Der Freischutz (French version and recitatives by Hector Berlioz)

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WEBER, arr. Berlioz: Der Freischutz (French version and recitatives by Hector Berlioz)

* Perrin, Constantin; Soulet, Perroni, Henry Bernadi, Dudziak, Lenaerts; Choeurs de Saint-Eustache, Duchesne; Philharmonie de Chambre Hongroise, Penin. French text and English translation (no German). L'empreinte digitale 13100/101 (2)

Shakespeare, Beethoven and Carl Maria von Weber were probably the greatest artistic influences on Hector Berlioz. In his Memoirs, Berlioz tells of spending hours trying to track down Weber in Paris, only to show up at each location moments after his idol had left. Berlioz' ...

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