BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY #5 (CANADIAN BRASS, BOSTON SYMPHONY BRASS & NEW YORK PHIL. BRASS)
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This CD is reissued by ArkivMusic and includes liner notes.
"'How do you make a trumpet sound like an oboe?' . . . 'Of course we aren't trying to pretend to be a symphony orchestra. We are trying to offer another perspective on the music.' And this recording certainly does that. . . . While the overall effect is essentially more robust than with an orchestral texture, and dynamic range is more limited . . . nevertheless the music-making is undoubtedly compelling, especially when the easy bravura of the players is always put at the service of the composer. . . . The first movement has both excitement and grip, the melody of the Andante sings . . . . The lower brass are very impressive in their running passages in the scherzo . . . and the only movement that might seemingly have had even more impetus is the finale, and even that does not really disappoint. . . . The fat sonorities at the opening chords [of the Egmont Overture] offer a rich parallel with the orchestral effect. The lyrical running passages of the allegro bring attractive interchanges . . . and the emphatic fanfare which is so striking on the horns in the orchestral version is just as telling here. . . . The recording itself is undoubtedly in the demonstration class . . . and the playing throughout has the sophistication of the concert hall rather than bringing any suggestion of the bandstand." -- Ivan March, The Gramophone
Individual Track Details:
1. Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Georg Tintner Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass, Boston Symphony Orchestra members, New York Philharmonic members Period: Classical Written: 1807-1808; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 07/1989 Venue: New York City Length: 34 Minutes 4 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Frackenpohl
2. Egmont, Op. 84: Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Georg Tintner Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass, Boston Symphony Orchestra members, New York Philharmonic members Period: Classical Written: 1810; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 07/1989 Venue: New York City Length: 8 Minutes 13 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Frackenpohl
3. Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 "Battle Symphony" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Georg Tintner Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass, Boston Symphony Orchestra members, New York Philharmonic members Period: Classical Written: 1813; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 07/1989 Venue: New York City Length: 12 Minutes 9 Secs.
"'How do you make a trumpet sound like an oboe?' . . . 'Of course we aren't trying to pretend to be a symphony orchestra. We are trying to offer another perspective on the music.' And this recording certainly does that. . . . While the overall effect is essentially more robust than with an orchestral texture, and dynamic range is more limited . . . nevertheless the music-making is undoubtedly compelling, especially when the easy bravura of the players is always put at the service of the composer. . . . The first movement has both excitement and grip, the melody of the Andante sings . . . . The lower brass are very impressive in their running passages in the scherzo . . . and the only movement that might seemingly have had even more impetus is the finale, and even that does not really disappoint. . . . The fat sonorities at the opening chords [of the Egmont Overture] offer a rich parallel with the orchestral effect. The lyrical running passages of the allegro bring attractive interchanges . . . and the emphatic fanfare which is so striking on the horns in the orchestral version is just as telling here. . . . The recording itself is undoubtedly in the demonstration class . . . and the playing throughout has the sophistication of the concert hall rather than bringing any suggestion of the bandstand." -- Ivan March, The Gramophone
Individual Track Details:
1. Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Georg Tintner Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass, Boston Symphony Orchestra members, New York Philharmonic members Period: Classical Written: 1807-1808; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 07/1989 Venue: New York City Length: 34 Minutes 4 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Frackenpohl
2. Egmont, Op. 84: Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Georg Tintner Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass, Boston Symphony Orchestra members, New York Philharmonic members Period: Classical Written: 1810; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 07/1989 Venue: New York City Length: 8 Minutes 13 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Frackenpohl
3. Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 "Battle Symphony" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Georg Tintner Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass, Boston Symphony Orchestra members, New York Philharmonic members Period: Classical Written: 1813; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 07/1989 Venue: New York City Length: 12 Minutes 9 Secs.
