Cléopâtre (Berlioz)
from Berlioz: Harold en Italie & Cléopâtre (LSO0760)
1 Scène lyrique [9'36]
2 Méditation [11'05]
20 minutes 41 seconds 2 tracks
'Karen Cargill gives a gripping account of The Death of Cleopatra, clearly relishing the music's graphic portrayal of a woman in a state of mental torment … while Berlioz's extraordinary ending i ...
BBC Music Magazine
'These are vividly coloured, gripping live performances. Antoine Tamestit's viola offers silky sound in the Byron-inspired symphony Harold en Italie … [in La mort de Cléopâtre] Karen Cargill is d ...