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>In his monumental two volume "Berlioz," David Cairns says: "It (Les
>Troyens) unites the electric energy of the Fantastic, the tragic visions
>of the Requiem, the sadness and sensuous beauty of Romeo and Juliet, the
>massive grandeur of the Te Deum, the archaic simplicity and sweetness of
>The Childhood of Christ, the refinement of Les Nuits d'Ete.  It is his
>greatest score and his most daring and eventful - a conscious summing-up
>and reaching out into new regions." (Vol.  2, "Servitude and Greatness," p.
>598)

Having had the privilege of playing the work under Sir Colin Davis I concur
with every word.

Paul Silverthorne