Fantastic Symphony

Berlioz wrote his Symphonìe Fantastique in 1830; he composed it pretty quickly, he claimed, because its scheme was already clear in his mind long before. It is actually true, as he had to do nothing else than selecting some of his pre-composed pieces left undone and merge them together. This resulted in a numerous sequence of scenes, like as if this symphony was a theatre play! Berlioz actually backed it up with the story of a young sensitive musician who, in excess of love desperation, poisons himself with opium, and instead of dying, he falls into a deep visionary hallucinogenic sleep. I leave it to you to imagine what the content is!

First Movement (2nd part)

Second Movement

Third Movement (1st part)

Third Movement (2nd part)

Fourth Movement

Fifth Movement