Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, founded in 1989 by John Eliot Gardiner,
performs Classical and Romantic music using the principles and original
instruments of historically informed performance. They developed an extensive
recording catalogue featuring symphonies, operas, concertos, and other major
works by composers including Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Gluck, Mendelssohn,
Schumann, Verdi, and Weber. In 1993, the orchestra and the Monteverdi Choir made
the premiere audio and television recording of Hector Berlioz’s Messe solennelle
at Westminster Cathedral in London. The...
