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Licht in der Nacht
Coline Dutilleul
Classical - Released October 21, 2022 | Fuga Libera
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"What could be more fascinating than the play of light and shadow? To descend into sensual melancholy, to dare to be fragile and to reveal oneself in its depths and inner nuances. I find that one way of illustrating this complexity of the senses is to compare two musical and pictorial schools: French Impressionism and German Expressionism. The colours and timbres employed by these two schools have long fascinated me just as much as the extreme refinement and detail of the paintings and compositions themselves. Each painter and composer explored the depths of the human soul in his or her own manner. This programme of works composed between 1899-1914 that laid the foundations for modern music is intended as a bridge between Expressionism and Impressionism. This parallel does not claim to illustrate their differences but rather to highlight their common points, to reveal the voluptuous and almost decadent sensuality of these two currents as well as their geographical and stylistic contrasts" (Coline Dutilleul) © Fuga Libera
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Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastoral" / Schubert: Symphony No.5
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released January 1, 1995 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" / Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released January 1, 1995 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Franz Schubert : Wanderers Nachtlied (Lieder, vol. 8)
Matthias Goerne
Lieder (German) - Released February 10, 2014 | harmonia mundi
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Alma - Meine Seele. Complete Songs of Alma Mahler
Elise Caluwaerts
Classical - Released May 5, 2023 | Fuga Libera
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Devotees of the endlessly fascinating turn-of-the-century Viennese scene are likely to jump on this release by soprano Elise Caluwaerts, for it is essentially the first complete recording of the songs of Alma Mahler, which have rarely been recorded at all. Most of them were composed around 1899, before Alma married Gustav Mahler; he forbade her to continue composing but relented after she began an affair with the architect Walter Gropius. Accompanist Marianna Shirinyan accordingly uses an 1899 Steinway, which has a quiet sound in her hands, totally unlike that of the percussive modern Steinway grand. Even if there is some light clanking, it is beautifully suited to Mahler's songs, which are murky, mysterious, and often quite passionate; they're rather episodic as she picked texts that show some kind of development, and the primary influence is not Gustav Mahler or Richard Strauss but probably Wagner most of all. They are like little operatic scenes, like the songs Wagner might have written if he had decided to, but really, they are not derivative of anything, and it is a treat to have them. Outhere's sound captures the performers' work well in a perfect chamber hall at the Bozar facility in Brussels. Caluwaerts will be a matter of taste. Her voice is smoky and has lots of vibrato, sounding like she is older than she is; fortunately, modern-day listeners have recourse to sampling, through which they will discover the sharp contrast between Caluwaerts' low and high registers in a song like Licht in der Nacht, the first of the Vier Lieder. It is worth noting that Caluwaerts made the acquaintance of the Mahlers' granddaughter Marina and discussed markings in the autograph manuscripts with her. Whatever listeners' individual reactions, it is wonderful to have these songs in general circulation.
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Haas, Renner & Reger: Works for Violin & Organ
Sreten Krstic
Classical - Released July 2, 2021 | TYXart
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One can only do justice to Joseph Haas’ oeuvre by judging it by what he himself said about the purpose of music: ”Music is to delight, not offend; it is to shake up, not shatter; it is to refine, not trivialize”. Together with Paul Hindemith and Heinrich Burkard, Joseph Haas co-founded the “Donaueschinger internationale Kammermusikfeste für Neue Musik” (Donaueschingen International Chamber Music Festival for New Music) in 1921. The works show the mastery of variation and the peculiarities of the compositional style of Joseph Haas. Joseph Renner studied organ and composition with Joseph Rheinberger in Munich and worked mainly in Regensburg/Bavaria. He was particularly appreciated by his contemporaries as a composer of spiritual and organ works. Der geigende Eremit from Max Reger's Böcklin-Suite as program music can be heard on this album, as one of his best-known works, and from the point of view of its content it is almost suitable for a version for violin and organ. These works for violin and organ, and organ solo, by Joseph Haas (1879—1960), Max Reger (1873—1916) and Josef Renner, jun. (1868—1934) are very interesting musical oeuvres, interpreted by internationally well-known artists Sreten Krstic, Violin, Norbert Düchtel and Ludwig Schmitt, Organ. © Toccata Classics
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Beethoven, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Works (Live)
MDR Kammerphilharmoni
Classical - Released January 7, 2022 | Genuin
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As a servant to his craft, Heinz Rögner was influenced by the musical traditions of his hometown of Leipzig. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death, Genuin together with MDR, is dedicating a significant box set to the great conductor, featuring concert recordings from the Gewandhaus from 1994 to 2001. Originally from a humble background, the musician worked predominantly in Berlin and Leipzig but was also exceptionally well-known and popular in Japan. This box provides us with superb recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Franz Schubert and Anton Bruckner, as well as Reger's Mozart Variations and Gershwin's An American in Paris. The MDR Symphony Orchestra and the MDR Chamber Philharmonic perform at their best! © Genuin
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Alles, was wir nicht erinnern (Zu Fuß auf dem Fluchtweg meines Vaters)
Christiane Hoffmann
Comedy/Other - Released February 25, 2022 | C.H.Beck
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Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
Leonard Bernstein
Symphonies - Released January 2, 1980 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Schubert - Meta
Claire Huangci
Classical - Released October 20, 2023 | Berlin Classics
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Samuel Hasselhorn
Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder - Released September 22, 2023 | harmonia mundi
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This 2023 release inaugurates an ongoing series from baritone Samuel Hasselhorn and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz, performing Schubert works two centuries on from their date of composition, and slated to culminate in 2028, the bicentennial of the composer's death. The project begins with one of the most famous Schubert song cycles of all, Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795, depicting the crackup and despair of a young wanderer who falls in love with a beautiful miller's daughter. Hasselhorn has plenty of recent competition in this cycle; listeners can sample the 2017 recording by Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber for another approach, but this one promises well for the ongoing project. Die schöne Müllerin is a work in which Schubert took vast strides toward the emancipation of the piano in the lied, and Bushakevitz leans into this aspect, with details that illuminate and often foreshadow themes developing in the text. Hasselhorn has a warm baritone with an appealing conversational tone that turns chilly and quiet toward the cycle's downer conclusion. Another draw is Harmonia Mundi's sound from the b-sharp studio in Berlin; the engineers put Bushakevitz just a bit forward in the mix, not so much as to sap energy from Hasselhorn's singing, but enough to highlight his perceptive performance. This release bodes well indeed for the duo's future work.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Beethoven: The Symphonies
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Classical - Released July 15, 2022 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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For a long time, the scores of Beethoven’s nine symphonies have been carefully studied by both conductors and musicologists alike. Combined, they have published “original editions” to correct the faulty editions which had arisen in the past from both the negligence of the first editors and general misinterpretation, due to indecipherable manuscripts.In 1982, conductor Igor Markevitch had published a rigorous and well-documented edition alongside a team of experienced musicologists. In 1998, Norman Del Mar decided to conduct a new edition with Bärenreiter. This new work was immediately recorded by David Zinman with the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich. Though, sadly, it went almost unnoticed next to the “historically informed” versions which were popular at the time.It’s now time for Yannick Nézet-Seguin's take released with Deutsche Grammophon, a complete recording based on a brand-new critical edition, namely: “The New Beethoven Complete Edition”. In this, we find minor details of articulation and expression. The crucial aspect of this new recording, made over four concerts in July 2021 with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, is the position of a young, gifted conductor who has perfectly assimilated to the playing styles that were rediscovered by his elders. Notably, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, whose complete works with the same orchestra caused a sensation upon their release in 1990 (Teldec).The young Canadian, unlike Harnoncourt, Brüggen and Norrington, is far less radical. Yannick seeks—above all—to emphasise “the way Beethoven’s music can surprise us today.” His tempos are often brisk and his articulations salient, and his modest approach has resulted in music that’s thoroughly unpretentious. This playful, energetic and humble approach makes Beethoven’s music sound as topical as ever and employs a classicism which leaves no room for eccentricity. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 6 & 8
Gianandrea Noseda
Symphonies - Released October 20, 2023 | National Symphony Orchestra
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Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 & Overtures (Remastered HD)
Herbert von Karajan
Classical - Released March 24, 2014 | Warner Classics International
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The Karajan Official Remastered Edition is a series of remasterings, from the original master tapes, of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 et 1984 including Karajan's first — and probably most thrilling — recording of the complete Beethoven Symphonies, made in the early 1950s (1951-1955) with London's Philharmonia Orchestra recently founded by Walter Legge. The recording of the Ninth Symphony is available here in stereo for the very first time, taken from original, unreleased tapes.
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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies
Gianandrea Noseda
Symphonies - Released February 9, 2024 | National Symphony Orchestra
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The National Symphony Orchestra was never one of the famous U.S. symphonic ensembles, but it has been getting headlines and listeners thanks to the energy of music director Gianandrea Noseda. The Beethoven symphony performances here, collected over 18 months, drew good crowds at the Kennedy Center in Washington, and many people will be glad to see them in a box set adorned with videos of some of the performances. There is nothing world-beating about Noseda's interpretations, but by and large, they are satisfying, with an ebullience that is also reflected in the 1960s-style graphics. Noseda manages both to differentiate the works and to stamp a personal style on them and really, it is hard to ask for anything more. His tempos are quick throughout, with a feeling of great energy running through the whole. Sometimes, it catches fire; the last two movements of the Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, must have been breathtaking to hear in person, and the horns in the first movement of that symphony step up to the demands Noseda places on them. The finale of the Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica"), is also quite fast and seems to fit with the muscular earlier movements in a way that nobody else has quite gotten. There are times when Noseda seems a step ahead of the orchestra, as in the first movement of the Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, and times when the slow movements seem inadvisably brisk; that of the Seventh does not feel funereal. However, these junctures may involve matters of taste, and it is worth stressing that Noseda has caught a thread and carried it through, concluding with an imposing Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ("Choral"); sample the Scherzo especially. The live sound is adequate but does not rise to the level some European in-house labels have achieved; the microphones seem a bit distant from the musicians. On the whole, the set should be cause for celebration in American orchestral circles.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Classical - Released February 21, 2020 | harmonia mundi
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The almost encyclopedic undertaking that French label harmonia mundi has embarked on to celebrate the double anniversary of the birth and death of Beethoven between 2020 and 2027 has already proven itself to be captivating with its emphasis on contemporary works from the start of the 19th century. It also presents us with a version of Beethoven in direct contact with the works of his own era, a step away from the usual romanticised image of the solitary genius in his ivory tower. The juxtaposition of the renowned ‘Pastoral’ Symphony with the Portrait musical de la nature ou Grande Simphonie is troubling to say the least. The latter was written by relatively unknown composer Justin Heinrich Knecht 25 years prior to Beethoven’s masterpiece (it was recorded in a world premiere in 1997 by Frieder Bernius but flew under the radar). The two composers having had the same editor, everything points to the fact that Beethoven was probably familiar with the work, and the similarities between the two are not unrecognisable. The result of a long tradition of pastoral musical works, divided into five movements, with very similar programme indications, Rousseauesque naïvety with regard to the melodic contours and imitations of bird calls all go to show the proximity of the two works. This is a thrilling interpretation thanks to the convincing performance by the Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik that puts the two works on a par together. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (Live)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released June 5, 2020 | Ondine
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How intriguing! American conductor Robert Treviño has dedicated his debut release with Ondine to Beethoven’s symphony cycle. This is the first time the Finnish label has visited these landmarks of Western symphonic culture with a traditional Scandinavian orchestra, namely the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, which will celebrate its centenary in 2025. With a rather faded palette of sound-colour and a smooth legato, this is undoubtedly a traditional version of the nine symphonies that transports us back to an era of discographies from Herbert von Karajan and Otto Klemperer. But by no means does it belong in the past…Treviño has worked closely with the likes of Leif Segerstam, David Zinman and Michael Tilson Thomas, the two latter conductors having, incidentally, made many interventions of their own in the Beethovenian symphonies as each attempted to produce worthy reinterpretations. Tilson Thomas drastically reduced the number of musicians in his complete cycle for CBS, whilst David Zinman based his work on Jonathan Del Mar’s Barenreiter edition which restored many of the lost accents and phrases that had been altered from one hundred and fifty years of, at times, rather unscrupulous interpretations. Here, Robert Treviño’s interpretations are lyrical and rich, precise as regards polyphony and mindful of the need to find a balance rather than overstress the text. Treviño ensures that each section finds its proper place and doesn’t get lost in the overall composition, creating dialogues with a chamber-like aesthetic. The unusual “concertato” at the beginning of the last movement of Eroica is the prime example of this. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
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Quintessence Schubert: Complete Symphonies, Rosamunde
Staatskapelle Dresden
Classical - Released October 1, 2019 | Brilliant Classics
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Schubert: Winterreise
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Classical - Released January 1, 1965 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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