Complete Song Cycle in Full Score and Vocal Score-Among Hector Berlioz's best-loved works Les Nuits D'Eté sets six poems by Théophile Gautier to music. Romantic and melancholic these poems include Villanelle - a popular street song LeSpectre De La Rose (The wraith of a rose) and Au cimetière (In the graveyard).This edition of the Orchestral score includes French English and German singing text…

Hector Berlioz's Song Cycle (The Summer Nights) is based on poems by Theophile Gautier. Though their subjects have little direct connection each song possesses the sultry scented charm implied by Berlioz's title. The tenderly expressive qualities of these settings makes one wish that Berlioz had continued his dedication to French poetry. The English version of the text is given by Bernard Taylor…