Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Named one of the top ten young ‘conductors on the verge of greatness' by Gramophone, Robin Ticciati is the perfect conductor to bring out the deep colours and emotions of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique while balancing the orchestra and keeping the pace to create an impressive and dynamic sound throughout.

Robin opened the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's 2011/12 season with a blistering Berlioz programme hailed by the critics as ‘compelling'. With this recording Robin aims to offer audiences ‘a thought-provoking and new way of listening to the piece.' Symphonie fantastique is the first in a series of Berlioz recordings undertaken by the SCO and Ticciati.

This recording was made possible with support from the SCO Sir Charles Mackerras Fund.

A 24-bit 192 kHz studio master for this album is available from the Linn Records website.

CKD400 62 minutes 59 seconds

'This first collaboration on disc captures all the energy, the finesse and the sheer panache with which he invests his live concerts' (The Daily Telegraph)
'These movements are so powerfully produced, artfully shaped, and clearly articulated that they put every other recording I've heard of them to shame' (Fanfare, USA)
'It's this disc I'll be coming back to when I want to be reminded of just how ground-breaking it still sounds' (MusicWeb International)