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Conductor Paavo Järvi, just a few years into his tenure with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, says that he undertook this set of Mendelssohn symphonies (plus the incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, which one wouldn't learn from the graphics) because he thought Mendelssohn was underappreciated. Of course, none of the music here is obscure, but Järvi has a point; a complete set of the symphonies, with a fully thought-through fresh approach, is not so common. The tendency these days is to play Mendelssohn with influences from the historical performance movement (or even actually with historical instruments), and Järvi's interpretations show those influences in their quick tempos and emphasis on transparency. However, the difference from other recent readings is that Järvi does it with a substantial orchestra of 70 players, giving the music the heft that a serious work like the Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 ("Lobgesang") requires. It is quite a feat on the conductor's part to keep the lightness at this size, but Järvi manages it, and pieces like the well-worn Saltarello finale of the Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ("Italian"), positively sparkle. Järvi's tempos are fast, possibly too fast to catch the growing ambition in the Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11, but the set can be heard from start to finish without the slightest hint of dragging. Everything except the "Lobgesang" was recorded not at the Zürich Tonhalle but at the rather cavernous Tonhalle Maag, which was probably not for the best, yet this is an impressive Mendelssohn set by any standard, and it made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2024.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Symphony No. 1, Op. 11 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Symphony No. 5, Op. 107, "Reformation" (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
DISC 2
Symphony No. 2, Op. 52, "Lobgesang" (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chen Reiss, Soloist, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Florian Helgath, MainArtist, ChoirConductor - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Patrick Grahl, Soloist, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Florian Helgath, MainArtist, ChoirConductor - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chen Reiss, Soloist, MainArtist - Patrick Grahl, Soloist, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Florian Helgath, MainArtist, ChoirConductor - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist - Marie Henriette Reinhold, Soloist, MainArtist - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chen Reiss, Soloist, MainArtist - Patrick Grahl, Soloist, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Florian Helgath, MainArtist, ChoirConductor - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Florian Helgath, MainArtist, ChoirConductor - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chen Reiss, Soloist, MainArtist - Patrick Grahl, Soloist, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Martin Luther, Lyricist - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Florian Helgath, MainArtist, ChoirConductor - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
DISC 3
Symphony No. 3, Op. 56, "Scottish" (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, "Italian" (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
DISC 4
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - August Wilhelm Schlegel, Lyricist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Sophia Burgos, Soloist, MainArtist - Katharina Konradi, Soloist, MainArtist - Andreas Felber, MainArtist, ChoirConductor - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Damen der Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - August Wilhelm Schlegel, Lyricist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Sophia Burgos, Soloist, MainArtist - Katharina Konradi, Soloist, MainArtist - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, MainArtist - Philip Traugott, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer, SoundEditor - Didier Martin, AAndRAdministrator, ExecutiveProducer - Louise Burel, AssistantProducer - Ilona Schmiel, ExecutiveProducer
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
Album review
Conductor Paavo Järvi, just a few years into his tenure with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, says that he undertook this set of Mendelssohn symphonies (plus the incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, which one wouldn't learn from the graphics) because he thought Mendelssohn was underappreciated. Of course, none of the music here is obscure, but Järvi has a point; a complete set of the symphonies, with a fully thought-through fresh approach, is not so common. The tendency these days is to play Mendelssohn with influences from the historical performance movement (or even actually with historical instruments), and Järvi's interpretations show those influences in their quick tempos and emphasis on transparency. However, the difference from other recent readings is that Järvi does it with a substantial orchestra of 70 players, giving the music the heft that a serious work like the Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 ("Lobgesang") requires. It is quite a feat on the conductor's part to keep the lightness at this size, but Järvi manages it, and pieces like the well-worn Saltarello finale of the Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ("Italian"), positively sparkle. Järvi's tempos are fast, possibly too fast to catch the growing ambition in the Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11, but the set can be heard from start to finish without the slightest hint of dragging. Everything except the "Lobgesang" was recorded not at the Zürich Tonhalle but at the rather cavernous Tonhalle Maag, which was probably not for the best, yet this is an impressive Mendelssohn set by any standard, and it made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2024.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 36 track(s)
- Total length: 03:50:30
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Paavo Järvi Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
2024 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2024 Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
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