Taibhithe de Hector Berlioz ag BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Wolfe was two blocks from the Twin Towers when the planes hit on September 11, 2001. *Big Beautiful Dark and Scary* is the sound of that aftermath: an ominous, awesome wall of sound.

Berlioz’ Roman Carnival carries us to beautiful Italy where Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony dances a wild tarantella under the sun!