Hector Berlioz's passionate, impulsive character yielded work which represents the high-water mark of the Romantic movement in music. In the first of this week's five programmes Donald Macleod examines the beginnings of Berlioz's turbulent life and career.
Le Maure Jaloux - John Aler (tenor), Cord Garben (piano)
Overture: Les Francs-Juges - London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington
Messe Solennelle (excerpt) - Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
La Mort de Cleopatre - Janet Baker (mezzo), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, LSO, conductor Alexander Gibson
