Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Francesca da Rimini ~ Dudamel

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Francesca da Rimini ~ Dudamel

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Francesca da Rimini ~ Dudamel
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Brand: DUDAMEL,GUSTAVO
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Orchestra: Venezuela Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-03-31
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
  1. I. Andante Allegro con anima
  2. II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza Moderato con anima Andante mosso Allegro non troppo Tempo I
  3. III. Valse: Allegro moderato
  4. IV. Finale: Andante maestoso Allegro vivace Molto vivace Moderato assai e molto maestoso Presto
  5. Andante lugubre Allegro vivo Andante cantabile non troppo Allegro vivo

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Free Music Review: An exciting and excitable Dudamel hits a home run
Hit: 5 Stars

Gustavo Dudamel, now 28, is an exciting and excitable conducotr, a phenom who relies on spontaneoous inspiration (even if it's well rehearsed technically), and the Tchaikovsky Fifth is the ideal vehicle for that kind of sensibility. It allows almost any amount of volatile theatricality, and the most extreme performances, in terms of varying from the written text, can be very successful -- witness the versions from Stokowski, Bernstein, Fricsay, and Tamirkanov. They all ask the listener to surrender to romantic excess.

Dudamel asks for that, too, although not to the farthest extreme. His full-blown reading is miles away from George Szell's tight discipline (even though the Fifth can take that approach also). DG gives the Simon Bolivar Youth Orch. big, blowzy sound with tons of bass and a stadium-wide soundstage. Dudamel takes his time shaping every expressive event in the first movement, and either you'll love him for it or dismiss his approach out of hand (as the London Times' reviewer did with a snort, saying that buying this CD was an act of charity).

A good place to test this prformance is the Andante cantabile, which is unusually quiet and heartfelt at the beginning. The solo horn isn't pushed forward but hovers over a cushion of wistful string chords. The buildup to the passionate middle section is gradual yet ecstatic when the climax arrives. The music naturally sighs, and Dudamel sighs with it.

I think he could have relased us into a sunnier, more buoyant waltz to provide some contrast, but the tempo of the third movement remains fairly broad, and the conductor plays for atmosphere and mood with plenty of shaping. If you want the melodic line to be left alone, you won't necessarily be happy here. The finale begisn with an impressive swell of string sound. I haven't heard the SBYO in concert, so I don't know if their playing is rough and unsophisticated, as some critics report. On CD they sound like complete professionals -- the wind soloists mkae up in soulfulness what they lack in absolute virtuosity --and for all his high energy, Dudamel is careful to voice brass chords smoothly and richly.

Again there's a hint of restraiant compared to more unbottoned readings. Dudamel's liking for the slow buildup shows good instincts, I think. The finale repeats much the same material over and over, so a lot depends on finding changes of mood, which Dudamel does very well. The fast middle section springs to life with a timpani roll that's like a starting gun. The final climaxes are somewhat reined in, but Tchaikovsky's organ tones from the brass section are beautifully sonorous here. I came away with the impression that Dudamel had made real music out of a warhorse and never took the easy route. What more can one ask for?

Francesca da Rimini, based on an episode in Dante's Infrno, calls for utmost drama, tension, and emotionalism. It's a piece where pulling out the stops is almost a conductor's duty. But Dudamel tries a different tack in this live performance, giving us a soulful, almost meditative reading that's one of the slowest on disc at 25 min. Francesca and her lover Paolo have been turned into birds tossed in a whirling wind so that they are doomed to long for each other but never touch. Dudamel doesn't turn the wind into a typhoon (perhaps he also had to slow down for the young string players so they wouldn't scramble). The result in toto isn't as gripping as fervent readings from Bernstein, Markevitch, and above all, Mravinsky. This instead is an interpretation about longing and pain. As with the symphony, Dudamel seems determined to make hackneyed music fresh and personal at the same time. To my ears, he's succeeded splendidly.
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Francesca da Rimini ~ Dudamel Poster

Conducting superstar Gustavo Dudamel releases an all-new recording of Tchaikovsky s commanding Fifth Symphony. Once again leading the famed Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, this high-energy performance is unforgettable and yet again

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