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Claudio Abbado's live album of Robert Schumann's music with the Orchestra Mozart is a curious diversion from the ensemble's ongoing series of Mozart recordings, though it shows a willingness to explore other repertoire that is less predictable for them. At first blush, the Symphony No. 2 in C major and the overtures Manfred and Genoveva might seem well-suited to the group's warm tone and rich blend, though the combination of their tonal coloration with Schumann's thick orchestration tends to make textures rather heavy and homogenous sounding. There are, of course, ways to adjust orchestral sections through subtle changes in the dynamics and to make some of Schumann's notorious doublings of woodwinds and strings less egregious, but Abbado seems to have kept strictly to the scores and ignored these issues. As a result, this is pretty much ordinary, unreconstructed Schumann, and there is no attempt to clarify inner lines or to make the Second Symphony lighter, clearer, or leaner, as it might sound in the hands of some period ensembles. The recording certainly could have helped alleviate this thickness to an extent, though the fairly flat sound suggests a limited number of microphones and minimal mixing. Furthermore, the responsive acoustics of the Vienna Musikverein tend to blur timbres instead of making them distinct. Despite the problems of sound quality, the symphony and the overtures are renderd with plenty of emotion and the musicians display commitment and vigor in their playing, so Schumann's music still communicates at a high level of expressiveness.
© TiVo
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Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Pavlecka, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Pavlecka, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Pavlecka, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Robert Schumann, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Pavlecka, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Overture Manfred, Op.115 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Pavlecka, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Overture Genoveva, Op.81 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Pavlecka, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Claudio Abbado's live album of Robert Schumann's music with the Orchestra Mozart is a curious diversion from the ensemble's ongoing series of Mozart recordings, though it shows a willingness to explore other repertoire that is less predictable for them. At first blush, the Symphony No. 2 in C major and the overtures Manfred and Genoveva might seem well-suited to the group's warm tone and rich blend, though the combination of their tonal coloration with Schumann's thick orchestration tends to make textures rather heavy and homogenous sounding. There are, of course, ways to adjust orchestral sections through subtle changes in the dynamics and to make some of Schumann's notorious doublings of woodwinds and strings less egregious, but Abbado seems to have kept strictly to the scores and ignored these issues. As a result, this is pretty much ordinary, unreconstructed Schumann, and there is no attempt to clarify inner lines or to make the Second Symphony lighter, clearer, or leaner, as it might sound in the hands of some period ensembles. The recording certainly could have helped alleviate this thickness to an extent, though the fairly flat sound suggests a limited number of microphones and minimal mixing. Furthermore, the responsive acoustics of the Vienna Musikverein tend to blur timbres instead of making them distinct. Despite the problems of sound quality, the symphony and the overtures are renderd with plenty of emotion and the musicians display commitment and vigor in their playing, so Schumann's music still communicates at a high level of expressiveness.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:52
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Orchestra Mozart Claudio Abbado
- Composer: Robert Schumann
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics, U.S., a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics, U.S., a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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