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C. Schumann & C. M. Weber: Piano Concertos

Luisa Imorde

Classical - Released May 19, 2023 | Berlin Classics

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Relatively unknown until a short time ago, the Piano Concerto in A minor, composed by Clara Wieck at the age of fourteen, long before she became Frau Schumann, today enjoys immense popularity. The number of recordings multiplied, while her other works dragged on behind. Her career as a composer was shattered by the macho attitudes of the time, which inevitably considered that women belonged in the kitchen or raising children. While living with an extremely depressed husband, she fell pregnant eleven times in just thirteen years. Consequently, Clara Schumann had very little time left to compose...Coming from a family of musicians, the young German pianist, Luisa Imorde, approaches Clara Schumann's Concerto opus 7 from an almost Beethovenian perspective, skipping the pure virtuosity of the writing to better extract gravity, subtle transitions, and permanent reinventions. Her programme is completed by five Lieder (by Robert), written for solo piano by his wife, and four pieces by Carl Maria von Weber, a composer whom the latter played throughout her long career as a pianist after Schumann's death.It is from this historical perspective that this album ends with Weber's Concerto No. 1 in C Major. Luisa Imorde performs it with the Bremen Philharmonic under the direction of the French conductor, Marie Jacquot, who was Kirill Petrenko's assistant before being appointed Music Director of the Royal Danish Orchestra from 2024 and Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

Leonard Bernstein

Symphonies - Released January 2, 1980 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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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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Abbado: Beethoven

Claudio Abbado

Classical - Released February 10, 2023 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

Bernard Haitink

Classical - Released September 12, 2006 | LSO Live

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Beethoven's nine symphonies -- what can one say? The greatest body of orchestral works ever composed? Probably. The most performed body of orchestral works ever composed? Certainly. The most recorded body of orchestral works ever composed? Absolutely. Not only has virtually every conductor recorded a Beethoven cycle, some of them have gotten to record it multiple times: Abbado, Bernstein, Solti, Karajan, and Haitink, among others. What does this proliferation tell us? Usually nothing about the music that hasn't been heard before, but sometimes something about what the conductor thinks about the music. These performances with the London Symphony Orchestra recorded in 2005 and 2006 tell what Bernard Haitink thinks about the greatest body of orchestral works ever composed. And what does Haitink think? Pretty much nothing that hasn't been thought before. His tempos are neither too fast nor too slow, but straight down the moderato. His dynamics are neither too loud nor too quiet, but right in the mezzo. His textures are clear and lucid. His colors are blended and smooth. His interpretations are solid and sincere. But what does Haitink tell us about what he thinks about Beethoven's symphonies? Pretty much nothing except that he is an experienced conductor with a superb baton technique who keeps his opinions to himself. The London Symphony's playing is enthusiastic but too often ragged around the edges for comfort. LSO Live's recording is transparent but the perspective seems to shift from work to work -- sometimes the strings are too far away, other times the brass are too close.© TiVo
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Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream

Iván Fischer

Classical - Released June 22, 2018 | Channel Classics

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No doubt fairies exist. Mendelssohn spoke their language well. When he considered composing music to Shakespeare’s play, he decided to focus on the scenes with fairies.Humans like this music. It entertains them. They are allowed to listen to this cd, too. However, we made this recording for fairies. They listen differently. This recording is full of hidden messages, which they will understand.Fairies are around us all the time. They occasionally interfere but sometimes they take a long time waiting for the right moment. If you keep your voice down and open your eyes, you will notice them. They listen to this music with more attention.- Iván Fischer
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Camille Saint-Saëns: Phryné

Hervé Niquet

Opera - Released February 11, 2022 | Bru Zane

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Everyone knows Camille Saint-Saëns has a great sense of humour thanks to his Carnaval des Animaux in which no one escapes ridicule, not even him. Now the Palazzetto Bru Zane Foundation and Hervé Niquet have unearthed Phryné, a forgotten comic opera from 1893 enriched with recitatives composed by André Messager three years later.Received with immense and lasting success in its time, this brilliant work eventually fell into the abyss, never to be seen again. Fortunately, fans of Saint-Saëns made great efforts to rediscover his works on the centenary of his death in 2021. Phryné captures the "Grecomania" that was prevalent in all the arts in France at this time, especially in Offenbach’s music and even in architecture (just think of the beautiful Parisian district of New Athens in the 9th arrondissement). Ironically, and perhaps a little cheekily, Saint-Saens confessed that he was “working on this little piece with infinite pleasure” and was infatuated with this courtesan musician who had served as a model for the sculptor Praxitele.Always keen to discover a forgotten repertoire, Hervé Niquet brought together a few singers, Florie Valiquette, Cyrille Dubois, Anaïs Constans and Thomas Dolié, to breathe some life back into Phryné with his Concert Spirituel, with the aim of producing a concert version to be performed in the Opéra de Rouen Normandie in 2021. Though Lucien Augé’s libretto may seem tasteless today with its hefty dose of misogyny, Saint-Saens’ music is simply delicious, with a succession of arias and ensembles. This modest and charming opera-comedy, which Charles Gounod so enjoyed, offers a less serious and less academic take of a composer that well and truly deserves to be rediscovered. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Verdi: String Quartet in E Minor - Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 - Puccini: Crisantemi

Streichquartett der Staatskapelle Berlin

Classical - Released September 2, 2022 | Linn Records

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Born out of a great orchestral tradition, the Streichquartett der Staatskapelle Berlin began its life in 2017, on the judicious advice of Daniel Barenboim. Since then the four string section leaders of the famed Staatskapelle Berlin have been performing on many of the world’s most famous stages. Building on its familiarity with the world of opera, the quartet’s first album highlights three operatic heavyweights. Verdi’s String Quartet, his only surviving chamber music work, was composed in 1873 while the composer was at the height of his creative powers. Although written in a matter of weeks, it is a piece replete with beautiful melodies and idiomatic writing. Composed two years earlier, Tchaikovsky’s First String Quartet harks back to Schubert and Beethoven and embraces their ideals of beauty and perfect form. Taking its inspiration from the chrysanthemum flowers associated with Italian funeral ceremonies, Puccini’s Crisantemi, dedicated to the memory of Amadeo I of Spain, completes the trio of works. © Linn Records
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Richard Strauss Wind Music

Members of Staatskapelle Berlin

Classical - Released April 7, 2023 | CapriccioNR

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Tutti!: Orchestral Sampler

Minnesota Orchestra

Classical - Released January 1, 1997 | Reference Recordings

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Spatial Audio - The 3D Orchestral Collection

Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg

Classical - Released October 15, 2021 | Warner Classics

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Ludwig van Beethoven : The Symphonies (Live from Rotterdam, 2011)

Frans Brüggen

Symphonic Music - Released October 22, 2012 | Glossa

Booklet Distinctions 5 de Diapason - 4F de Télérama
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical - Released March 24, 2023 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Bruch: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 & Overtures

Bamberger Symphoniker

Classical - Released July 3, 2020 | CPO

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These three symphonies by Max Bruch were revisited in a beautiful recording by Kurt Masur in Leipzig in the late 1980s, as well as at the beginning of the following decade in a recording by James Colon and the Gürzenich Orchestra from Cologne. As the Germanic music repertoire was so rich in this particular period with the likes of Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and later Bruckner and Mahler, many composers of merit such as Max Bruch were often overlooked. Bruch resisted the musical evolution of the time and remained a conservative composer. He rejected the modernity of the works of Liszt, Wagner, Bruckner and Mahler, with whom he had rubbed shoulders in the course of his eighty-two-year existence. He was a close friend of Brahms and shrewdly predicted his future success, but his own success only really stemmed from the reputation of his Violin Concerto in G minor. Although not quite as great a genius as some of his great contemporaries, Bruch’s three symphonies should nevertheless be commended for many reasons, beginning with their romantic melancholy and skilful and powerful orchestration. Also noteworthy is the gradual complexification of the structure from Symphony No. 2 and the stylistic boldness that peaks in Symphony No. 3 which resumes the traditional four-movement structure and leads to a very joyful finale. Robert Trevino, a young American conductor, worked on this repertoire alongside his complete Beethoven symphonies with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra for Ondine. Here, he directs the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, an orchestra that is well-known to music lovers all around the world. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty - A Dramatic Symphony

Kristjan Järvi

Classical - Released November 13, 2020 | Sony Classical - Sony Music

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Anniversary Edition

Matthias Goerne

Classical - Released June 4, 2021 | CapriccioNR

When Zemlinsky died in 1942, there was no telling if or when posthumous recognition of his work would take place. Typical though his reception was for the 20th century – pockmarked by two world wars and Nazi rule, it remains remarkable just how differently Zemlinsky, born on October 14th, 1871, has been judged throughout the last 150 years. He had his works premiered at the Vienna Court Opera by Mahler. He commanded the utmost respect of his pupil and brother-inlaw Arnold Schoenberg. He was celebrated as the director of Prague’s New German Theatre. And yet, still in his lifetime, his work succumbed to political and stylistic changes; he had been persecuted and was forgotten. We’ve sort of come full circle: Zemlinsky is once again considered a great composer whose works don’t have to shy away from comparison with those of his famous contemporaries and whose music gets performed at least occasionally. With this special "Anniversary Edition" Capriccio revere the huge spectrum of his outstanding musically compositions. © Capriccio
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Tchaïkovsky: Le Lac des Cygnes (Les Etoiles du Bolchoï)

L'Orchestre National du Bolchoï

Classical - Released November 21, 2005 | Via Classic

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Great Works for Solo Piano: Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Schumann...

Martha Argerich

Concertos - Released August 4, 2023 | Warner Classics

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La Flûte Enchantée

Hervé Niquet

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

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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 & Rückert-Lieder

Sir John Barbirolli

Classical - Released January 1, 1969 | Warner Classics

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