Klaus Tennstedt conducts Beethoven and Bruckner
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Label: Testament
Cat No: SBT21448
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 9th August 2010
Contents
Artists
Bruno Leonardo Geiber (piano)Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor
Klaus TennstedtWorks
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.19Symphony no.4 in in E flat major 'Romantic'
Artists
Bruno Leonardo Geiber (piano)Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor
Klaus TennstedtAbout
Gelber reminisced in an interview with the Argentinian journalist Cecilia Scalisi in 2009 : "The Second Concerto is full of contrasts, but is at the same time fresh, light, youthful. It has to be played with gallantry and assurance. Most wonderful of all is the cadenza, charming to listen to, full of energy and character like the mature Beethoven brought back into his own youth – most exciting! I always ask the conductor to give special attention to the contrasts between legato and staccato, for this articulation pervades everything that the music contains. I got to know Tennstedt in Kiel, and we performed together in Berlin. He was one of the finest conductors I have worked with, certainly a great interpreter of Beethoven."
In the E flat Romantic Symphony of Bruckner that followed, Tennstedt was from the outset "as if on fire, and the flames soon spread over the whole orchestra" (Walter Kaempfer). Hans-Jörgen von Jena (Volksblatt) commented on the special characteristics of this interpretation: "The brooding Bruckner gave way to Bruckner the melodist. The Philharmonic were able to move freely and calmly on the high plateau that they have established from the beginning for all their Bruckner performances. Brass choruses and shimmering strings seemed to be well within the limits of their powers; the sound was beautiful throughout, richly expressive and lucid. Expansive phrases, broad crescendos, a firm control of formal features, all of this seemed quite natural. There was no hint of that other Bruckner – the massively structured, archaic character – than can appear in this symphony as in others."
from the booklet note © Helge Grünewald, 2010
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