The Beethoven Symphonies Live from The Edinburgh Festival
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Performer: Detlef RothComposer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Performer: Janice Watson
Performer: Stuart Skelton
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Music Label: Hyperion UK
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
- Andante cantabile con moto
- Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace
- Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
- Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
- Larghetto
- Scherzo: Allegro
- Allegro molto
- Allegro con brio
- Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
- Scherzo: Allegro vivace
- Finale: Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto
- Adagio - Allegro vivace
- Adagio
- Menuetto: Allegro vivace
- Allegro ma non troppo
- Allegro con brio
- Andante con moto
- Scherzo: Allegro
- Allegro - Presto
- Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo
- Szene am Bach: Andante molto mosso
- Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute: Allegro
- Donner. Sturm: Allegro
- Hirtengesang. Frohe, dankbare Gef?hle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto
- Poco sostenuto - Vivace
- Allegretto
- Presto - Assai meno presto
- Allegro con brio
- Allegro vivace e con brio
- Allegretto scherzando
- Tempo di menuetto
- Allegro vivace
- Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
- Molto vivace
- Adagio molto e cantabile
- Presto - Allegro assai
Free Music Notes for The Beethoven Symphonies Live from The Edinburgh Festival
Free Music Review: "Music making that penetrates the soul and reminds us what it is to be human."
Hit: 5 Stars
The title of my review I have borrowed from Owen E. Walton from his magnificent and highly knowledgable review of these recordings on MusicWeb. I could not resist the impulse to use the words from his review, which so eloquently put down into one sentence the feel and the essence of these performances. These performances in their pure beauty and humanity speak straight to both the heart and the mind.
About the playing-technique, I personally love the way Sir Charles Mackerras allows the strings (almost) no vibrato, resulting in a very homogenous sound, and very pure and authentic(?). Anyway, I really like that 'smooth' vibrato-less sound: to my ears it adds clarity and purity to the overall sound-picture. Another ear-catching characteristic of these performances are the brass, which are very prominent, giving the performances some extra 'bite' and vibrancy. Probably, in line with historically informed performance, the brass are balanced within the orchestral forces in such a way that they sound more 'forward' - more clearly defined - than in other more 'traditional' performances. Also, woodwind and timpani (using hard sticks, I am told) are wonderfully prominent within the sound picture. Actually, all the instrument groups are very evenly balanced throughout all the recordings. That there are less string instruments in this chamber orchestra than with traditional recordings which use a full symphony orchestra also has to do with this, I guess(?).
Speeds are generally lively and swift, which, along with the freshness of instrumental sounds and the fine natural balances, give these performances a very fresh and energetic, but at the same time, to my ears at least, intimate feel. Why intimate? Maybe because of the relatively small orchestral forces that certainly produce a sound that is not as massive as a full modern symphony orchestra (but certainly as colorful and as powerful!), but also because of the result of the moulding of orchestral sounds and balances by an intelligent conductor of the highest artistic integrity who has made the Beethoven symphonies 'his own' over many years. In that sense too, the cover art is just wonderful: a beautifully intimate painting of a sympathetic Sir Charles sitting in his study, looking out at us from over his study-score, inviting us to come and listen to (and maybe comment on ;) his take on Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies.
These are invigorating, pure performances from beginning to end. They will grow on you more and more as you listen to them again and again and again ... Along with the latest released cycles by Claudio Abbado (Berliner Philharmoniker) and Bernard Haitink (London Symphony Orchestra) and many others, this is surely one of the greatest Beethoven cycles ever recorded. For what it is worth, I very highly recommend these recordings by one of the truly great conductors of our time.
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