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Beethoven : Symphonies n°5 & n°7

Carlos Kleiber

Classical - Released February 20, 1995 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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When talking about Carlos Kleiber's conducting style and recording catalogue, it is easy to over-use superlatives. Perhaps the secrets of his art are best expressed in the cover picture, with the mad elegance of his gestures, which seem to summon up the music through sheer energy, subtlety and a radiant smile: he seems absolutely possessed by inspiration. But listening to this album should do the trick too. Living as a recluse, cancelling three quarters of his concerts, hardly ever recording, it was like a miracle when Carlos Kleiber agreed to set down these two symphonies for Deutsche Grammphon. In 1975, he recorded the 5th Symphony in the generous surroundings of the Vienna Musikverein, with a Philharmonic that hung off his every word and followed his slightest gesture. Under his philosopher's baton, the "5th" became pure, distilled energy, an explosive Pandora's box that gave off sparks and followed the demands of the score precisely. The fateful four notes around which the entire symphony was built were at once the foundation and the capstone of this landmark work, magnificently structured here by Kleiber. Has there ever been such a tempestuous and light-footed Seventh Symphony? One thinks immediately of Nietzsche: "I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance". Recorded the following year, in the same place, this Seventh soars, pirouettes and exults in a pantheist, saving joy, with a lightness that seems to lift the musicians off the floor. "Now am I light, now do I fly; now do I see myself under myself. Now there danceth a God in me.". Thus directed Carlos Kleiber. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Poulenc : Pièces pour Piano

Alexandre Tharaud

Classical - Released October 15, 1996 | Arion

Distinctions Diapason d'or de l'année - Diapason d'or - Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros
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Sonates et danses pour violon et piano

Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Chamber Music - Released September 15, 2008 | naïve classique

Booklet Distinctions 9 de Classica-Répertoire
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Le Clavier bien tempéré (Livre I)

Pierre Hantaï

Chamber Music - Released November 28, 2002 | Mirare

Distinctions 5 de Diapason - Choc du Monde de la Musique - 10 de Répertoire - 4F de Télérama - Joker de Crescendo
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Beethoven Symphonies

Emmanuel Krivine

Symphonic Music - Released March 21, 2011 | naïve

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Debussy: Préludes

Alain Planès

Classical - Released December 14, 1999 | harmonia mundi

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New World - Dvorák

Michel Tabachnik

Classical - Released February 17, 2012 | Brussels Philharmonic Recordings

By all appearances a standard-issue recording of Antonin Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," with the first set of Slavonic Dances provided as filler, these are surprisingly fresh and vivid performances that are better than the understated packaging or routine programming might suggest. The Brussels Philharmonic, led by Michel Tabachnik, is a full-bodied and well-rehearsed ensemble, and the group's playing is warmly expressive and exciting for its spontaneity, while the execution is generally accurate without seeming mechanical. Tabachnik is known throughout Europe for concert and operatic performances, and he has been the chief conductor and artistic director of the Brussels Philharmonic since 2008, so the communication apparent in these 2011 performances suggests a special rapport. While this is an effective and ultimately affecting performance of "From the New World," and a rollicking romp through the Slavonic Dances, there is a lot of competition in the marketplace, because these extremely popular pieces are well-represented in the catalog and continue to be recorded with regularity. Listeners may give this album a try, but there are many great performances available that have superior sound quality, so it shouldn't be the only one they hear or consider purchasing. © TiVo
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Gustav Mahler : Symphonie n°7

Mariss Jansons

Classical - Released November 1, 2009 | BR-Klassik

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Dvorak : Symphonies n°7 & 8 (Philharmonia Orchestra)

Antonín Dvořák

Classical - Released January 1, 2010 | Signum Records

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Bruckner : Symphonie n°7

Klaus Tennstedt

Symphonic Music - Released November 20, 2007 | London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt's live Bruckner recordings are among the most impressive in his catalog, and because there are so few of them, they are quite desirable to collectors. This BBC recording of Tennstedt's 1984 performance of the Symphony No. 7 in E major at the Royal Festival Hall is certainly worth acquiring for its soaring lyricism, brooding weight, and majestic sweep, all features this dedicated conductor emphasized in playing Bruckner. This is the work Tennstedt conducted to great acclaim in Toronto in 1974, thereby launching his international career. (For those who closely follow the editions used in Bruckner recordings, the Haas edition is used here, which includes the notorious cymbal and triangle crash at the climax of the Adagio.) This BBC recording, which Tennstedt made 10 years after his Toronto success, reveals an interpretation that is probably quite close in substance and style to his earlier one, if the confidence of the playing and the enormous ovation at the end are any indications. Yet because this is a concert performance, there are some noises from the audience that intrude in quiet moments, and the overall sound is a bit shallow, perhaps due to the microphone placement in the live setting. Furthermore, the London Philharmonic Orchestra is not always precisely in tune, and occasional lagging in the strings can be distracting. But the listener can get past these problems with a little concentration and enjoy what is plainly one of the most compelling readings of this popular work, thanks to Tennstedt's deep understanding of the music and cogent direction of an orchestra that really warms to its task. © TiVo
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Mendelssohn : Romances sans paroles, Variations sérieuses, Fantaisie écossaise

Shani Diluka

Classical - Released September 11, 2008 | Mirare

Booklet Distinctions 5 de Diapason - Choc du Monde de la Musique - RTL d'Or - 10/10 de ClassicsToday
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Essais, Volume 5

Pierre de Bethmann Trio

Contemporary Jazz - Released January 20, 2023 | ALEA

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La Flûte Enchantée

Hervé Niquet

Classical - Released April 23, 2021 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Anton Bruckner : Symphonie n°7

Mariss Jansons

Classical - Released November 17, 2009 | BR-Klassik

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Evocation

Sandrine Piau

Classical - Released November 6, 2007 | naïve classique

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Symphonie n°7 "Léningrad"

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical - Released April 29, 2013 | Naxos

Hi-Res Booklet Distinctions 5 de Diapason - La Clef du mois RESMUSICA
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Symphonies n°6 & n°7 - Finlandia, op.26

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Classical - Released September 6, 2011 | Naxos

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The series of Sibelius symphonies from Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen has been consistently worthwhile, with fresh readings from the conductor and fine efforts from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. The good news continues with this pairing of the final two symphonies (at least until the hinted-at reconstruction of the burned Symphony No. 8 occurs), complete with obligatory aurora in the album graphics. What Inkinen lacks, or perhaps just avoids, in power and sheen, he replaces in detail and intelligent shaping of the music. The benefits really come to the fore in the composer's late music, which is an intricate web of small motivic details. In the single-movement Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105, Inkinen teases out the first appearances of ideas in the orchestral background, without ever losing a sense of the long line. To keep things going he takes the music a bit briskly, especially so in the diatonic celestial-world episode that begins about 13 minutes in. It is here where listeners may miss the sparkling strings of the big European orchestras, but Inkinen's reading is coherent and absorbing. There are many fine details likewise in the Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104, and Inkinen simply never lets the music sag. The album and the series end with Finlandia, Op. 26, Sibelius' most popular work, which receives what you might call a revisionist reading; Inkinen does find a motivic detail or two, but the music lacks excitement. Still, Finns must get tired of this piece, and there's more than enough here to interest anyone who likes Sibelius. © TiVo
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Antonin Dvorak : Symphonies n°7 & n°8

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Classical - Released May 9, 2010 | Naxos

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There were critics and listeners who enjoyed and admired the recording of Dvorák's Ninth Symphony with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, but this recording of the composer's Seventh and Eighth symphonies is hugely disappointing. The Seventh has no power and tragedy, with flaccid attacks, slack ensemble playing, lax phrasing, and smudged details. There is no joy or energy in the Eighth, but thick textures, heavy balance, dull colors, and lackadaisical rhythms. It's not that Alsop doesn't know how to get from one point to another, it's that she makes getting there seem so tedious. And it's not that the Baltimore Symphony doesn't know how to play these standard repertoire pieces, but that they seem to have little to no enthusiasm for doing them again. Captured in gray, two-dimensional digital sound, this disc reflects badly on everyone associated with it.© TiVo
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Moby Dick - Symphonies n°3 et n°7

Seattle Symphony

Classical - Released July 3, 2012 | Naxos

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Pacific 231

Raphaël

French Music - Released September 27, 2019 | Parlophone (France)

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