Its hard to believe this was written 1834 just 7 years after Beethoven's death, the structure is noticeably sophisticated and advanced with new ideas, really interesting music.

Now I know why there aren't that many Viola Concertos because this is all violists would ever need.

The viola... What a beautiful, underrated instrument...

Berlioz at his best, and a proven consumate master of orchestration and unusual harmonic shifts! For example the Viola with its rich lower tessitura and tone is superb pitched against the Harp with it's unique timbre during the first few minutes. Just adore the English Horn at 24:55 .The solo Viola perfectly reflects Harold and his melancholic character, and his encounters in the mountains. The Viola acts as a kind of melancholy dreamer in the manner of Byron's Childe-Harold! Interesting brass at 40:40, Cornets and German Piston Trumpets!

Just played this with my orchestra and it's one of my favourite pieces ever, superb!

The third movement is musical perfection. Berlioz was able to balance all the physics of the universe for 5 constant minutes.

What a Musician, what an instrument, what an interpretation!

This is exceptional Berlioz and exceptional viola playing. I don't know how many recorded performances I've enjoyed by that very famous and prolific violist William Primrose over the years , and I know I have him on at least three recordings with different major orchestras, as well as performances by other excellent violists, and I must say I would put this one by Antoine Tamestit on top. I've never heard the viola played so smoothly and expressively. On the grounds of technique alone, there's nary a scratch or squawk in the whole of this "Harold in Italy," which is no mean feat on the less wieldy viola throughout an extensive work with so many technical challenges. Inbal's conducting seems like a model of what the ideal performance of this work should be -- just flamboyant enough but always balanced with a certain reserve and elegance. And there's no stinting on the fuller orchestra with all the "extras" in the brass etc. that the artfully whimsical grandstander Berlioz demanded. It's 19th-century French "gloire" for certain but along the way exceeds even this, penetrating into the depths of the soul with the sheer beauty of its its plaintive, haunting lamentation. All this comes together in this unique performance with such fine musicianship and brilliant production values in that lovely German cathedral. A really stunning, memorable experience for which I will be always grateful. What is most remarkable to me, however, is the contrast between the supreme quality of the performance and the comparatively tepid, almost perfunctory applause of the audience at the end. Had the inhabitants of this holy edifice sat through several Masses beforehand or was Berlioz just not a thing with this particular group of Rhinelanders? I tried clapping crazily to make up for them after I watched and listened transfixed before the big screen in my living room, but, as the old saw goes, what sound does a tree make when it falls alone in a forest?

The fine introvert voice of a highly sensible artist (Berlioz) by the melodies of a viola.

I like this conductor. He is literally just going through the motions. No drama. His work is done. Now the orchestra is doing their thing.

The sound engineering of this recording is superb.

As an ardent violist, I can say totally, and without a sniff of bias, the viola is the most superior instrument in the violin family! and this violist is getting the most out of it. !

Extremely beautiful. Loved it.

I remember listening to this instead of participating in the last class debate of the school year, so worth it.

veramente meraviglioso

Excellent account of Harold in Italy with the great musicians Antoine Tamestit and Eliahu Inbal, working in great harmony, leading to a wonderfully compelling and inspired performance, bringing out the bright and 'southernly' nature of this work..

Viola power

BERLIOZ, TOUJOUR BERLIOZ, SI ROMANTIQUE, SI MELODIEUS, SI PLEIN DE BEAUTÉES

Happy Birthday, Berlioz! 🎊🎁🥳🎈🌹

Bravo bravo bravo

*1:04** • Adrien Brody is playing oboe. Amazing!*

I. Harold aux montagnes - (Adagio - Allegro - Tempo I) - 00:35 II. Marche de pèlerins chantant la prière du soir. (Allegretto) ∙ 16:00 III. Sérénade d'un montagnard - (Allegro assai - Allegretto) ∙ 24:12 IV. Orgie des brigands - (Allegro frenetico - Adagio - Allegro. Tempo I) ∙ 30:53

Every Berlioz’s work is great, specifically symohonies !!

I find it when I was reading a book "story of classical music" It's amazing.

No message RECIEVED but a huge BRAVO to all of you

I think that "Harold in Italy" is his best composition. It is one of the best works of classical music.

너무 너무 듣고싶던 연주 입니다😍 행복하네요 ~~~!!!!!

Paganini, sombrado del talento compositivo de Berlioz, le encargó un concierto para viola con el cual pudiera lucir su asombrosa técnica, ya que, según Paganini, nungún concierto se ajustaba asus requerimientos. Berlioz, modesto, admitió que él era incapaz de ejecutar semejante encargo, ya que para llevarlo a cabo requería que él mimos fuera maestro consumado de la viola. Ante las insistencias d Paganini, este accedió. Meses después, Paganini solicitó revisar el avance de la obra pero quedó desencantado del proyecto, renunciando a él. Berlioz, sin embargo, se alegró, ya quese había entusiasmado con la obra, y el renunciar a las instrucciones de Paganini le daba libertad compositiva. Años después, Paganini asistió a la segunda interpretación de esta magnífica obra, y quedó tan maravillado de ella, que decidió presentar sus respetos a Berlioz, arrodillándose ante el y besándole le mano.

Exceptional work and musical inspiration coming from the OBOE! Magnifique!

Ecxellent. Antoine Tamestit is the great artist.

brilhante !!! brilhante !!!

I love this conductor! Such a well done pause between 1st and 2nd movements, and well needed. Bravo. There is so much that went well here that it's hard to review with such an obscure piece today, but this is worth listening to. I remember when Tamestit was just beginning to take the stage on the viola a long time ago and so many good things have happened since that time with his playing. It is a strange situation in arts management, this "black replacement", but it has worked nonetheless. An excellent performance.

Meiner Meinung nach ist der 4. Satz einer der besten, wenn nicht sogar der beste Werksatz der jemals komponiert wurde!

Amazing!

Beautiful!

Gut balancierte Aufführung dieses romantischen Meisterwerks mit zartem Ton der Solobratsche und zurückgehaltenen Töne anderer Instrumente unter der künstlerischen Leitung von diesem erfahrenen Dirigenten. Echt erstklassig!

Beautiful! You make this piece look very easy with your strong technique

très bien joué antoine

This work (Berlioz never composed a concerto for any instrument) was composed for Paganini, who played it only once, as he complained there was not enough for him to do ... I love its structure, quite influenced by Beethoven's mighty 9th symphony in regards to restated motives in the last movement, quoted from the first three. Fabulous stuff, wish it was performed much more.

Interesante obra de Berlioz basada en un texto literario muy conocido y ejecutada con maestria por el solista en viola y el maestro Eliahu Inbal junto a la ONRF.

it was wrong of me not to accept Berlioz's request to play this...

1997, j'enregistre Denon CD-73207 sur une Maxell UDII-CD...1998 , je le grave sur CD-R... 2018, je le trouve ! J'ai aussi Plasson et Davis...11:16 ! 777 13:06 ! 😁

This is brilliant.

좋습니다.

Bravissimi

La música clásica siempre será la música del alma y la mente superior! !!

A very beautiful, rarely-played work, very evocative and atmospheric. Excellently conducted by a wise Inbal and played by orchestra and solist. The last movement I found I a bit weaker, not meeting my expectations for a suitable finale.

바이런과 베를리오즈는 문학과 음악으로 자신과 시대의 풍경과 정서로 낭만주의의 전형을 남겼네요.ㅡ불멸의 예술. 비올라의 선택은 최고의 오케스트레이션이며 두 예술가는 모든 면에서 너무나 닮았습니다. 하지만 진정한 낭만주의자는 바이런!

3:47 viola entrance

Viola power ;)

half of this work is made by Byron - he was a man way ahead his time, Berlioz faithfully produced the music based on Child Harold

good 굿

Before I see viola a lower violin, no interest Now I see it as a higher cello, Much More interest!! Yeah!!

28:59 good chance that you're looking for this

this event can not have happened! - nobody in the audience with a cell phone??? what kind of world are we leaving behind?? seriously, I love this version.

I didn't realize Inbal was conducting in Frankfurt in 2018.

To think that this work was commissioned by Paganini but he never played it because he felt it did not showcase enough his virtuosity...

This put the viola put on the map. Too bad nobody seems to be able to keep it up since!

Not a bad etude for viola, really.

une pièce que paganini ne voulait pas jouer car c'était l'alto mais qu'il avait fini par jouer car c'est un chef d'oeuvre

24:16

9:32

I'm glad a musically ignorant person from me can learn from all the comments here.

確かに、楽章が進むにつれヴィオラの出番が少なくなっている！ｗ（￣△￣；）ｗおおっ！

The problem with the viola is it doesn't know if it wants to be a violin or a cello. But beautiful it still is! :--)

Did Paganini commission this piece? If so, he probably never played it - it's a nice work but very little virtuosity. Good job by Antoine and the orchestra.

3:44 비올라 독주

Berlioz when Harold decides to go to somewhere thats not in Italy: 39:02

14:20

Schubert la grande 3ème mouvement

29:25))

3:45

0:37 begins |

What exactly did the director find so interesting about the ceiling? The action was on stage.

Berlioz was an imaginative composer, with a great many original ideas. He nevertheless fell short in one essential aspect of composition; his almost total lack of melodic invention. His music does tend to drone on for page after page without it. I think that none of his works is as lacking in melodic invention as Harold in Italy.

This is an exciting work with a thrilling conclusion, but not so much here I'm afraid. Neither Tamestit or Inbal project its intensity or vitality to show its full impact. I was spoiled, however, many years ago with the electrifying performance of Primrose and Koussevitzky, and not far behind that, with Primrose and Munch. Tamestit and Inbal, I found, have both made recordings of this, Tamestit with Marc Minkowski and Inbal with Yuri Bashmet and the FRSO (in '89), but neither were received too favorably in the reviews I read.

I can see why Paganini turned the piece down. While it is an interesting collage of instrumentation the use of the viola is simply a minor footnote. If you feature a soloist you must give them something intriguing to play!

Un Berlioz à court d'inspiration qui vire parfois au grotesque !

The conductor is great! Only the viola sounds too weak!

Couldn't hear the viola well, orchestra is overpowering.

3:47 8:18

I was bored with the piece so I skipped to the last movement, but this wasn't much better. I don't know how such a wonderful piece could be made so humble.

Sorry, I'm not sold on this one. While I like the emphasis on dynamic variation, and the soloist is great, the whole thing is inexplicably... boring. This has been done much better very often, and this does not show the level I've come to expect from this orchestra.

Longest viola joke

Excellent altiste. Mais il devrait changer de look. Il fait vieillot. Fini le costume cravate

the most pathetic applause i've ever heard....

3:47