Dreams, Illusions, Delusions / PC 4
Programme
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
The originator of programme music, Hector Berlioz, best described his relationship to Beethoven’s music in a letter to his friend August Morel, where he writes: “As far as symphonies are concerned, Mozart wrote seventeen, of which three are beautiful and even then… The good Haydn produced a quantity of pretty things of that kind. Beethoven wrote seven masterpieces, but Beethoven is not human. And when you are only a human being you should not pass judgement on the God.” The consequences of the creation of both symphonies, Beethoven’s first and Berlioz’s only, were unimaginable.
