The Byron Connection
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British poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, early 1800s.
Flamboyant and notorious, he was the literary superstar of his day—creating in his poetry an immensely popular Romantic hero—defiant, melancholy, and haunted by secret guilt.
A hero the public assumed he modeled after himself.
In this hour, music inspired by George Gordon, Lord Byron—including works by Berlioz, Liszt, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Schumann: Manfred [for Overture] |
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt |
Kontrapunkt 32181 |
716043218127 |
| Adam: Le Corsaire |
English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
Decca 430 286-2 |
028943028622 |
| The Sound of Weimar [for Liszt Symphonic Poem No. 2 – Tasso] |
Vienna Academy Orchestra, Martin Haselbock |
Gramola Records GRAM 99150 |
9003643991507 |
| Cello Concertos [for Max Bruch’s Kol Nidre] |
Timora Rosler, cello; Zilina Chamber Orchestra, Dwight Bennett. |
Brilliant Classics 95782 |
5028421957821 |
| Richard Dyer-Bennet #1 [for “So We’ll Go No More a-Roving”] |
Richard Dyer-Bennet |
Smithsonian Folkways
SF CD 40078 |
093074007822 |
| Bennett:: Overtures & Symphony in G [for Parisina Overture] |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwhaite |
Lyrita SRCD 206 |
5020926020628 |
| The Guitarist: The Complete Columbia Album Collection [for “So We'll Go No More A-Roving” break music] |
John Williams, guitar |
Sony Classical 309294 |
888430929425 |
| Berlioz: Harold en Italie [for Sérénade d'un montagnard des Abruzzes] |
James Ehnes, viola; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis |
Chandos CHSA 5155 |
095115515525 |
| Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage [for “Wallenstadt Lake”] |
Louis Lortie |
Chandos
CHAN 10662(2) |
095115166222 |
| Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony [excerpt from first movement] |
Philharmonia Orchestra, Ricardo Muti |
EMI CDC 7 47412 2 |
077774741224 |
| Berlioz: Overtures [for Le Corsaire overture] |
Boston Symphony, Charles Munch |
RCA Gold Seal
09026-61400-2 |
090266140022
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