This piece is a total trip. It hit the streets in 1830, only 3 years after the death of Beethoven, and it was truly ahead of its time. I'm pretty sure this is one of the first pieces of straight up balls to the wall romanticism ever. It's all about falling insanely in love, going to wild parties, smoking opium, getting fucked up, wierd ass witch orgies, and just being nuts in general. Berlioz rewrote the rule book with this piece and completely blew away conventions about rhythm, harmony, color, blah blah blah. Its off the wall and you should check it out. This performance is by the fucking insane legendary conductor Georg Solti, who was one seriously nuts Hungarian dude. listen listen Here's a cool video about Solti being crazy. It's full of old people being old too.
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