Mr. Jansons combined those qualities with another best characterized as grotesque. A program note suggested that Berlioz’ first symphony adumbrates those of Mahler and the tone poems of Strauss.

Jansons' tempi tended to be deliberate, bordering on the poky at times. That was apparent from the first movement of the Berlioz, spun out as if to survey the hero's reveries and passions in ...

The main event for Jansons (pictured right) and his cultured Bavarians was that much-loved showpiece for the great and the good of international orchestras - Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique.

Where some conductors allow Berlioz's wilder inspirations to get above themselves, Jansons kept a tight rein on the tempo and a tending hand on the phrasing.

You can revel in the creative sounds of the great French composer Hector Berlioz this evening on Symphony @ 7 on Classical 101 when I'll have a new recording of the Symphonie fantasique with the ...

In the earlier movements Jansons entered into Berlioz’s fevered imagination to find intoxicating combinations of instrumental sounds, especially among the woodwind, and the distant thunder from ...

The conductor, Mariss Jansons, who celebrates his 70th birthday this year, is a regular at the Proms and he demonstrates the closeness of his 10-year partnership with the Bavarian orchestra.

Mariss Jansons accomplished those tasks in Berlioz’ “Symphonie Fantastique” with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Meyerhoff Hall last night. The performance made one remember why it’s ...