Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Ludwig van BeethovenConductor: Osmo V?nsk?
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD, Import
CD Release Date: 2008-01-01
Music Label: Bis
Free Music Notes for Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 [Hybrid SACD]
Free Music Review: Very Good Indeed
Hit: 4 Stars
I've been collecting Vanska's Beethoven cycle as it has been released by BIS. The past installments have impressed me as interesting, but not adding anything essential to the discography. With this release, I think I may have to re-evaluate the earlier installments. Frankly, this is some of the most interesting Beethoven I've heard in a long time.
I enjoyed the first movement of Symphony No. 1 and was enchanted by the second. The interpretation is both courtly and cheeky at once. Listen, for example, to the commentary of the horns as the string motives trip along. Those qualities carry over to the scherzo and finale.
The Pastoral maintains the high standards of the First. The first movement is cheerful, as it should be, with wonderful woodwind detail. The cello lines are nicely prominent, too. The Scene by the Brook moves along nicely without sounding perfunctory - a good thing in a movement that (for me at least) can sometimes overstay its welcome. The third movement peasants make merry with some punchy accents and a very bumptious quality to the dances. The storm makes a nice racket (great tympani whacks) and the finale is simply and beautifully played.
For what is worth, Vanska uses the recent Norman del Mar urtext editions - which probably doesn't make much difference unless you're listening with the scores. He also brings out a wealth of inner detail without allowing a mass of finicky detail to overwhelm the structure. I've also been collecting Haitink's London Symphony cycle (also on SACD) and definitely prefer Vanska's cycle both in interpretation and sound. BIS has given us a very lifelike representation of Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis. String tone, so often the downfall of digital recording, is very fine.
I've never cared much for Karajan's cycle from the 1960s (which I own in redbook CD, not the refurbished SACDs). I find it over-refined and calculated. Vanska is emerging as my pick for SACD. With works as extensively recorded as these symphonies, the listener is faced with a bewildering array of choices. I suspect I'll be listening to and learning from these recordings for a long time to come.
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