Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Mäkelä (CD)

New release! Available in the United States on July 11, 2025.

“Mäkelä makes [Symphonie fantastique] sound remarkably fresh . . . directing affairs assertively and sensitively, operating like a coiled spring, holding and releasing at critical moments. Every detail within the melee comes through, despite all hell breaking loose, giving the best cardio workout without actually going to the gym” — Bachtrack

Following widespread acclaim for their performance at the BBC Proms — described by The Arts Desk as “the culmination of something at last truly extraordinary” — Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris present Hector Berlioz’s dazzling Symphonie fantastique alongside Maurice Ravel’s showpiece La valse.

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
December 2024, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris

Ravel La valse
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
September 2024, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris

Discs: 1
Record Label: Decca
Release Date: July 11, 2025