Another facet of Berlioz! We may find it hard to imagine that the composer of such epics as Les Troyens started out as a guitarist… and that his first compositional experience was to transcribe songs, inherited from the Ancien Regime, for voice and guitar. The particular instrument that was given to Berlioz by Paganini survives to this day; here it brings us closer to the repertoire suitable for a musicale hosted by Berlioz: airs for voice and guitar, but also art songs (a genre which the composer pioneered), along with chamber music and pieces for solo piano. Another way of listening to Berlioz!
1 Plaisir D’amour
2 Viens, Aurore
3 Vous Qui Loin D’une Amante
4 La Captive (Si Je N’étais Captive) Op. 12
5 Les Regrets
6 Rien, Tendre Amour, Ne Résiste À Tes Armes
7 O! Ma Georgette
8 Ah! Pour L’amant Le Plus Discret
9 L’idée Fixe LW A16B
10 Le Jeune Pâtre Breton H 65C
11 Le Desir (Variation)
12 Fleuve Du Tage H 5
13 Que D’établissements Nouveaux
14 Le Sentiment D’amour
15 Danse Des Sylphes
16 Élégie en Prose H 47
17 Rondo FÜR Lyra Oder Gitarre NR. 4
18 Bocage Que L’aurore
19 Romance de Nina
20 Marche Des Pèlerins