Michael Gielen Edition Vol.1: Recordings 1967-2010 | SWR Classic SWR19007CD

Michael Gielen Edition Vol.1: Recordings 1967-2010

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Label: SWR Classic

Cat No: SWR19007CD

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 6

Release Date: 26th February 2016

Contents

Artists

Michael Gielen (piano)
Jörg Demus (piano)
Edith Peinemann (violin)
Antonio Janigro (cello)
Edda Moser (soprano)
Julia Hamari (alto)
Werner Hollweg (tenor)
Barry McDaniel (bass)
Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Dominik Wortig (tenor)
Rudolf Rosen (baritone)
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

Conductor

Michael Gielen

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV50 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft'
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, BWV846-869
» no.4 in C sharp minor, BWV849

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Coriolan Overture, op.62
Leonore Overture no.1, op.138
Leonore Overture no.2, op.72a
Leonore Overture no.3 in C major, op.72b
Triple Concerto in C major for piano, violin and cello, op.56

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Symphony no.95 in C minor, Hob.I:95
Symphony no.99 in E flat major, Hob.I:99
Symphony no.104 in D major, Hob.I:104 'London'

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Contredanse in E flat major, K607 'Il trionfo delle dame'
Cosi fan tutte, K588
» Overture
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
» Overture
German Dances (3), K605
German Dances (6), K509
March in D major, K249
Minuets (2) with Contredanses, K463 (448c)
Symphony no.30 in D major, K202
Symphony no.35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
Symphony no.36 in C major, K425 'Linz'
Thamos, Konig in Agypten, K345

Schubert, Franz

Die Zauberharfe, D644
» Overture
Mass no.5 in A flat major, D678
Offertorium 'Intende voci', D963
Rosamunde, D797
» Ballet Music no.2 in G major
» Entr'acte no.3
String Quartet no.14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' (orch. Mahler)
Symphony no.10 in D major, D936a
» II Andante in B minor (arr. Newbould)

Artists

Michael Gielen (piano)
Jörg Demus (piano)
Edith Peinemann (violin)
Antonio Janigro (cello)
Edda Moser (soprano)
Julia Hamari (alto)
Werner Hollweg (tenor)
Barry McDaniel (bass)
Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Dominik Wortig (tenor)
Rudolf Rosen (baritone)
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

Conductor

Michael Gielen

About

On 30 October 2014 it was announced that Michael Gielen would no longer pursue conducting engagements owing to health issues. With this in mind, and with regard to his 90th birthday in July 2017, the time seemed ripe to honour this outstanding musician by making a detailed survey of his five-decade career as a leading conductor. Hence the Michael Gielen Edition.

The ten volumes contain Gielen’s interpretations of key works by the composers he held most dearly (Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms, Mahler, Bartók, Stravinsky) as well as works by composers of the Second Viennese School. Additionally, there are Michael Gielen’s recordings of works from different periods in music history – from Bach to Schubert, from Carl Maria von Weber to Sergei Rachmaninov, plus works from the late romantic, early 20th-century and post-Second World War periods.

Volume 1 presents Gielen’s recordings of works from Bach to Schubert that were made during the period 1967 to 2010. Many of these were never released, which now affords an insight into the interpretive development of the conductor. Some listeners will be surprised to find that Gielen recorded works with which he was never really associated.

This Edition will certainly lead to a re-evaluation of the conductor Michael Gielen. More important than cementing his reputation as a peerless conductor, however, will be the opportunity to discover a wide range of musical works interpreted at the highest level.

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