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The Boston Symphony Orchestra has long been considered as the most “French” of American orchestras. It was Pierre Monteux who helped give it its distinctive sound, later refined by Charles Munch, who was its principal conductor from 1949 to 1962. But let us not forget the contributions of conductors such as Serge Koussevitzky, Erich Leinsdorf, Seiji Ozawa and James Levine.
Claudio Abbado began collaborating with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1958, when the young Italian won the Conducting Prize at the Koussevitzky competition in Tanglewood. Together with his very young American colleague Michael Tilson Thomas, Abbado often conducted the Boston Symphony before Ozawa’s appointment, when the health of its conductor William Steinberg began to deteriorate.
Abbado dazzled the public with his unforgettable Debussy and Ravel, which he immediately recorded, as can be seen from the sessions of the 2nd of February 1970 (Ravel, Debussy) and the 8th of February 1971 (Scriabin) included in this album. With their diaphanous Clouds, sumptuous Festivals and deeply nostalgic Sirens, Debussy’s Nocturnes are magical under his direction; the Italian conductor has full control over his art, between a powerful understanding of the music and sensitivity of every moment. The magnetic Lever du jour of Daphnis et Chloé, in which all the birds of the world seem to be summoned, is a good representation of the refined Ravelian world that fit Abbado like a glove and whose strength and tenderness he knew how to express.
In Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, Abbado seems more concerned with revealing the sound aesthetics and orchestral beauty of the Scriabinian universe (the Boston trumpets!) than with Scriabin's search for an impossible philosophical transcendence. But the sense of structure and formal fluidity are astonishing. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Nocturnes, CD 98 (Claude Debussy)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Joachim Niss, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Joachim Niss, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - New England Conservatory Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer, Author - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Lorna Cooke DeVaron, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Joachim Niss, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2, M. 57b (Maurice Ravel)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - New England Conservatory Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Lorna Cooke DeVaron, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Joachim Niss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Joachim Niss, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - ALEXANDER SCRIABIN, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Joachim Niss, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has long been considered as the most “French” of American orchestras. It was Pierre Monteux who helped give it its distinctive sound, later refined by Charles Munch, who was its principal conductor from 1949 to 1962. But let us not forget the contributions of conductors such as Serge Koussevitzky, Erich Leinsdorf, Seiji Ozawa and James Levine.
Claudio Abbado began collaborating with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1958, when the young Italian won the Conducting Prize at the Koussevitzky competition in Tanglewood. Together with his very young American colleague Michael Tilson Thomas, Abbado often conducted the Boston Symphony before Ozawa’s appointment, when the health of its conductor William Steinberg began to deteriorate.
Abbado dazzled the public with his unforgettable Debussy and Ravel, which he immediately recorded, as can be seen from the sessions of the 2nd of February 1970 (Ravel, Debussy) and the 8th of February 1971 (Scriabin) included in this album. With their diaphanous Clouds, sumptuous Festivals and deeply nostalgic Sirens, Debussy’s Nocturnes are magical under his direction; the Italian conductor has full control over his art, between a powerful understanding of the music and sensitivity of every moment. The magnetic Lever du jour of Daphnis et Chloé, in which all the birds of the world seem to be summoned, is a good representation of the refined Ravelian world that fit Abbado like a glove and whose strength and tenderness he knew how to express.
In Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, Abbado seems more concerned with revealing the sound aesthetics and orchestral beauty of the Scriabinian universe (the Boston trumpets!) than with Scriabin's search for an impossible philosophical transcendence. But the sense of structure and formal fluidity are astonishing. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:07
- Main artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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