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“…the performances are a consistent delight, and Jurowski is proving himself one of the rising podium stars, especially in his native Russian music.” (Hugh Canning in The Times) “…a delightful pairing of not-quite mainstream repertoire. Jurowski… keeps the bittersweet atmosphere of the Third Suite nicely in focus, and even suggests a certain anguish in adrenalin-fuelled climaxes…” BBC Music Magazine, April 2006 **** “Vladimir Jurowski here offers performances that are as near-ideal as one can imagine, the electric tension giving the illusion of live music-making.
We have had some impressive recordings from this Moscow-based orchestra in the past but this one is among the finest.
Tchaikovsky's Third Suite, with its final extended set of variations, can seem rather square under some conductors but Jurowski, maybe influenced by conducting opera and ballet, brings out the surging lyricism. So the opening 'Elegie' is warmly moulded without sounding fussy, the phrasing totally idiomatic. The rhythmic second-movement Waltz leads to a dazzling account of the Scherzo, taken at a genuine presto yet with no feeling of breathlessness, while the Variations have rarely seemed so attractive in their breadth of ideas, with a thrilling build-up and conclusion.
Stravinsky's Divertimento, its four movements taken from the ballet The Fairy's Kiss, may make an unexpected coupling, but it is apt and illuminating.
Jurowski steers a nice course between the romantic warmth of the Tchaikovsky sources from which Stravinsky took his material (songs and piano pieces) and his 1920s neo-classicism.
The delicate and refined account of the slow first section leads to sharp syncopations in the Vivace agitato which follows, and the chugging rhythms on horns in the most memorable section of the second movement show jollity in their springing step, while the pointing of contrasts in the final 'Pas de deux' brings yearning warmth in the big lyrical moments and wit in the faster sections. With exceptionally vivid sound, recorded by PentaTone's Dutch engineers in Moscow, this disc cannot be recommended too highly.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Tchaikovsky's Third Suite, with its final extended set of variations, can seem rather the square under some conductors but Jurowski, maybe influenced by conducting opera and ballet, brings out the surging lyricism. Stravinsky's Divertimento, its four movements taken from the ballet The Fairy's Kiss... is apt and illuminating. Jurowski steers a nice course between the romantic warmth of the Tchaikovsky sources from which Stravinsky took his material (songs and piano pieces) and his 1920s neo-classicism.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2006 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Stravinsky - Ansermet: The First Decca Recordings
The Eloquence / Ansermet journey continues with a much-anticipated and unique set: the early Stravinsky/Ansermet Decca discography with recordings made in the decade from 1946 – 1955, with, as a bonus, the hitherto unissued on CD recording of the Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss recorded in 1962. The detailed booklet notes by Richard Kaplan are supplemented with full-page reproductions of many of the original LP covers in both, their original form and reissued LP formats. All the recordings appear internationally on Decca CD for the first time. “A wonderful set of Ernest Ansermet's earlier Decca recordings, many appearing on CD for the first time. Performances are first-rate and the sound is fine for the age of the recordings.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2012 ***** “The outstanding feature of this recorded performance is its clarity and incisiveness … this is a most commendable issue” Gramophone Magazine (L’Oiseau de Feu: Suite rec. 1950) “This new recording of Stravinsky's masterpiece – which will become, I am sure, the first big landmark in the history of LP – lights up the orchestral colours with unprecedented vividness and perspective, and all the details of the score are wonderfully clear and excellently balanced ... this performance has atmosphere over and above fine playing” Gramophone Magazine (Petrushka rec. 1949) “‘it is with relish and gratitude that we welcome this new issue of one of the master's greatest works … this performance is full of nobility” Gramophone Magazine (Symphony of Psalms, rec. 1947) “thoroughly well recorded” Gramophone Magazine (Circus Polka rec. 1951) | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Volume 6The Live Radio Recordings (1990-2000)
Bartók: | Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11 January 6, 1990 Ildikó Komlósi (Judith) & Kolos Kovács (Bluebeard) Iván Fischer Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119 December 16, 1993 Martha Argerich (piano) Claus Peter Flor | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral' March 10, 1991 Wolfgang Sawallisch | Berio: | Sinfonia May 16, 1997 Swingle Singers, Luciano Berio | Berlioz: | Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 March 19, 1999 Ann Murray (soprano) Bernard Haitink | Brahms: | Tragic Overture, Op. 81 May 12, 1995 Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Bruckner: | Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony' November 8, 1996 Kurt Sanderling | Dallapiccola: | Liriche Greche per soprano e diversi gruppi strumentali April 29, 1993 Lucy Shelton (soprano) Reinbert de Leeuw | Debussy: | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune February 24, 1995 Jean Fournet | Diepenbrock: | Hymne an die Nacht No. 2 'Muß immer der Morgen wiederkommen?' for mezo-soprano solo & orchestra October 10, 1997 Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) Riccardo Chailly | Dutilleux: | L'Arbre des songes (Concerto for violin and orchestra) February 2, 1991 Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Charles Dutoit | Elgar: | Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 February 19, 1992 André Previn | Feldman: | Coptic Light October 23, 1998 Peter Eötvös | Hindemith: | Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber April 29, 1994 Riccardo Chailly | Ives, C: | Orchestral Set No. 1 'Three Places in New England' April 18, 1998 John Adams | Loevendie: | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra April 19, 1996 Ronald Brautigam (piano) Riccardo Chailly | Lutoslawski: | Concerto for Orchestra February 18, 1993 Stanislav Skrowaczewski | Mahler: | Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor December 9, 1990 Klaus Tennstedt | Martin, F: | Concerto for 7 wind instruments, timpani, percussion & string orchestra September 26, 1991 Riccardo Chailly | Messiaen: | 3 Petites liturgies de la Presence Divine January 21, 1994 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) & Jean Laurendeau (ondes martenot) Women of the Netherlands Radio Choir, Charles Dutoit | Mozart: | Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 January 29, 1997 Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Pijper: | Zes symfonische epigrammen March 19, 1999 Bernard Haitink | Ravel: | Ma Mère l'Oye February 24, 1993 Bernard Haitink | Schoenberg: | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 October 27, 1995 Pierre Boulez 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16 November 24, 1995 Mariss Jansons | Schreker: | Vom ewigen Leben March 10, 2000 Claudia Barainsky (soprano) Gerd Albrecht | Schubert: | Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great' November 1, 1996 Sir John Eliot Gardiner | Schumann: | Fantasie in C major for Violin and Orchestra, Op.131 May 12, 1995 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Shostakovich: | Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 September 19, 1991 Sir Georg Solti Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 June 11, 1999 Kurt Sanderling | Sibelius: | Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 September 11, 1991 Paavo Berglund | Strauss, R: | Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 June 11, 1999 Kurt Masur | Stravinsky: | Divertimento (symphonic suite from Le Baiser de la Fée) April 27, 1997 Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Takemitsu: | A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden April 18, 1998 John Adams | Wagner: | Rienzi Overture December 9, 1993 Mariss Jansons | Zemlinsky: | Symphonische Gesänge (7), Op. 20 October 10, 1993 Williard White (baritone) Riccardo Chailly | Zimmermann, B A: | Trumpet Concerto in C 'Nobody Knows De Trouble I See' June 29, 1995 Peter Masseurs (trumpet) Edo de Waart |
The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a transcription in sound of the concert-giving history of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, based upon radio recordings from the archives of Dutch Radio and Radio Netherlands World Service. Six decades of the 20th century are put under the spotlight in six boxes, each containing 14 CDs. The RCO have chosen not only legendary performances by chief conductors of the Orchestra but also concerts led by countless guest conductors of both greater and lesser renown. Famous soloists make their debuts alongside world premieres of works that have since become classics of the repertoire. This sixth volume of the Anthology features the radio recordings made by the orchestra in the 1990s, presenting an overview on 14 CDs of the orchestra’s artistic development under various conductors during that period. The RCO will celebrate their 125th anniversary in 2013, when Volume 7 will be issued and limited print runs of the early volumes. “Hats off to the Royal Concertgebouw: this sixth installment of their 'Anthology' crowns what is without doubt the most impressive (certainly the most representative) recorded retrospective of any orchestra ever undertaken on disc...there's the expected wealth of varied interpretation, all of it well worth preserving...with this kind of evidence to hand, there's surely no valid reason to challenge this great orchestra's continued reign.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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