贝多芬交响曲全集(奥斯莫·万斯卡 明尼苏达交响乐团)

Beethoven - The Symphonies

Osmo Vänskä  Minnesota Orchestra

CD 2/5

                      贝多芬交响曲全集 BEETHOVEN - THE SYMPHONIES
                      作      曲：贝多芬 Beethoven
                      指      挥：奥斯莫·万斯卡 Osmo Vänskä
                      演      奏：明尼苏达交响乐团 Minnesota Orchestra

                      唱片公司：BIS
                      唱片编号：BIS-SACD-1825-26
                      唱片制式：SACD
                      发行时间：Sep 2009

Minnesota Orchestra 明尼苏达交响乐团

      Minnesota Orchestra 明尼苏达交响乐团，1903年创立，总部设在美国明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯（Minneapolis, MN 55403），最初叫 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra，1968年起更名为 Minnesota Orchestra。
      1924年乐团首次开始录制，并产生了一些里程碑意义的记录，包括第一次录制的电器马勒的第二交响曲与尤金奥曼迪 。1954年，该集团的第一个完整的记录， 柴可夫斯基三大芭蕾舞剧之二： 天鹅湖 ，睡美人。同年，他们还首次记录柴可夫斯基的1812序曲 ，包括实际的炮击 ，再次指导下安塔尔多拉蒂。 20世纪70年代，乐团出了一系列杰出的录音的声音记录。

奥斯莫·万斯卡 Osmo Vänskä

      奥斯莫·万斯卡(Osmo Vänskä）以其对标准、现代和北欧曲目充满激情和富于创新的演绎而受到广泛的赞誉。1988年开始，他一直担任拉蒂交响乐团的艺术总监，目前还担任着美国著名的明尼苏达管弦乐团的艺术总监，2002年之前，他还是BBC苏格兰交响乐团的首席指挥。
      万斯卡与拉蒂交响乐团在伦敦、伯明翰、东京、纽约等地的演出引起了国际乐坛的广泛关注。他和拉蒂交响乐团合作为BIS唱片公司录制的西贝柳斯作品被公认为最权威的演绎，荣获了众多国际大奖，包括：两次留声机大奖(1991、1996)、国际唱片大奖(1993)、戛纳古典唱片大奖(1997、2001)。目前，万斯卡和拉蒂交响乐团正在为BIS公司录制大量20世纪作曲家的作品。除了拉蒂交响乐团，万斯卡还与BBC苏格兰交响乐团合作，为BIS公司录制了尼尔森(Nielson)作品系列，为Hyperion公司录制了布鲁克纳(Bruckner)和皮泽蒂(Pizzeti)的音乐。
      作为当今乐坛一位广受欢迎的指挥家，万斯卡还应邀指挥了很多世界知名乐团，仅在美国，他就指挥过纽约爱乐乐团、芝加哥交响乐团、克里夫兰管弦乐团、波士顿交响乐团、匹兹堡交响乐团、费城管弦乐团、旧金山交响乐团等著名乐团，他指挥过的欧洲著名乐团有伦敦爱乐乐团、BBC交响乐团、巴黎管弦乐团、柏林爱乐乐团、慕尼黑爱乐乐团、莱比锡格万特豪斯管弦乐团、巴伐利亚广播交响乐团、捷克爱乐乐团、维也纳交响乐团和皇家阿姆斯特丹音乐厅管弦乐团等。

The very first instalment, released in December 2004, caused the reviewer in International Record Review to state that ‘Vänskä's Beethoven looks set to be a front-runner among the historically unprejudiced cycles now available.’ After that each new release in Osmo Vänskä’s cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies with the Minnesota Orchestra has been treated as an occasion in the international music press; reviewers one by one discovering ‘one of the finest performances of the Funeral March ever recorded’, ‘a Pastoral of uncommon beauty’, ‘an Eighth of reference quality’ and a Ninth to ‘rank alongside the finest of any era’. The fifth and final disc – with ‘a Seventh that just may top them all’ according to one review – was released in 2008, and caused reviewers to start doing their sums. Among representative comments are the following: ‘a Beethoven cycle that stands with Barenboim's as a modern reference edition’ (ClassicsToday.com), ‘a Beethoven reforged for today's world’ (Gramophone), and ‘a magnificent traversal that seems very much of and for our own time’ (American Record Guide). A constantly praised feature of the series has been the sound quality, in both stereo and surround sound formats. About the first disc the reviewer on website klassik.com remarked that ‘one can hardly hope to hear such a many-layered sound until the next BIS release of Beethoven’s Symphonies - except for in concert’, while his colleague on ClassicsToday.com described the final instalment as having ‘brilliantly engineered, utterly natural sonics in all formats’ (ClassicsToday.com). The review in Fanfare sums it up: ‘Vänskä's is the preferred SACD traversal, and one of the most desirable in any format.’ Some of the greatest music ever, in electrifying performances and state-of-the-art recordings, is now available as a boxed set in full SACD / Surround Sound glory. And at a highly competitive price it even includes comprehensive liner notes by Beethoven expert Barry Cooper.





Beethoven – The Nine Symphonies
5 SACDs for the price of 2

Hybrid Discs (SACD Surround / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

                                CD 2:
                                Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36
                                  1. I. Adagio – Allegro con brio 12'20
                                  2. II. Larghetto 10'35
                                  3. III. Allegro 3'46
                                  4. IV. Allegro molto 6'22

                                Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
                                  5. I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace 13'55
                                  6. II. Allegretto 8'37
                                  7. III. Presto 9'56
                                  8. IV. Allegro con brio 8'45