Sounds Magnificent: Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - Andre Previn (1984) Rating: Starring: Andre Previn, RPO Director: Herbert Chappell Category: Music, Special Interest Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: [None] Length: 86 mins     In this series of films, Andre Previn conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in some of the most popular works from the concert repertoire -- symphonies by Mozart, Hayden, Beethoven, Brahmas, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.Each program is introduced by Andre Previn, who discusses the piece to be performed and the lives of the composers who created these masterpieces by giving illustrations of aspects of their music with a variety of orchestral excerpts. Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 (1830-31) In Paris, on September 11, 1827, the composer Hector Berlioz fell madly in love with an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson. The intensity of his infatuation became inextricably tangled with a symphony he was to compose, a composition that broke new ground with the lavish virtuosity of its orchestration. Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique is acclaimed as one of the most extraordinary and truly original works ever written.