Beethoven - Christ on the Mount of Olives
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Label: LSO Live
Cat No: LSO0862
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 13th November 2020
Contents
Artists
Elsa Dreisig (soprano)Pavol Breslik (tenor)
David Soar (bass)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Simon RattleWorks
Christus am Olberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives), op.85Artists
Elsa Dreisig (soprano)Pavol Breslik (tenor)
David Soar (bass)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Simon RattleAbout
This recording by Sir Simon Rattle, with acclaimed singers Elsa Dreisig, Pavol Breslik and David Soar, was made during the London Symphony Orchestra’s celebration of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary.
“When I came to the Mount of Olives, I immediately was simply puzzled. Why isn’t this piece played? Of course, it’s a mixed piece and there are weird flaws and edges but so there are in the Ninth Symphony, they’re part of the personality.
“It’s a fascinating moment in his life when he was starting really to deal with his hearing loss. He’d written the Heiligenstadt Testament, where he really confessed to his suicidal thoughts on losing the single-most important ability a musician could have. There is a kind of unearthly, underground sensation of some of it, there’s also a real feeling of naive belief in the possibility of things being better. I think it is completely heaven.”
“What Rattle made clear is that the music is full of life. It is hard to imagine this performance being bettered.” – Financial Times
“Backed by London Symphony Chorus, the soloists in this performance are well up to the challenge, bass David Soar providing the grounding over which tenor Pavol Breslik, as Jesus, sings out with noble plangency, while the sound of soprano Elsa Dreisig, as the Seraph, rings angelically through the hall.” – The Independent
“Christ on the Mount of Olives is full of things to appreciate: there’s an anticipation of the heroism in the face of darkness that would characterise Fidelio, but there are also passages that hark back to the best of Mozart” – Bachtrack
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