ムーザ・イタリアーナ

独墺系の3人の作曲家によるイタリアにまつわる作品集

リッカルド・シャイーによる待望のメンデルスゾーン:『イタリア』交響曲(1834年改訂版)録音が、スカラ座の輝かしいオーディトリウムで行われました。
ロッシーニにインスパイアされたシューベルトの2つの"イタリア風"序曲と、ミラノで初演されたモーツァルトの3つのオペラ序曲がカップリングされています。
リッカルド・シャイーは、ロイヤル・コンセルトヘボウ管弦楽団、ライプツィヒ・ゲヴァントハウス管弦楽団、ルツェルン祝祭管弦楽団などを経て、2015年からスカラ座の音楽監督に就任。1982年にアバドがスカラ座の音楽家と設立したスカラ座フィルハーモニー管弦楽団は、バーンスタイン、ジュリーニ、ムーティ、シノーポリ、バレンボイムといった伝説的な指揮者のもとで優れた歴史を刻み、現在はリッカルド・シャイーが首席指揮者を務めており、今年(2022年)創立40周年を迎えます。
ユニバーサル・ミュージック/IMS

One of the most fortunate developments in orchestral music in recent years has been the emergence of the Filarmonica Della Scala, the house orchestra of Italys La Scala opera house, as an independent symphonic ensemble. The group has operatic moves in its DNA, and conductor Riccardo Chailly knows how to exploit this. This recording of works by Mendelssohn, Schubert, and the young Mozart has the players spaced out for pandemic-avoidance purposes, with the microphones close to or even inside the ensemble, creating an unusual sound that gives the effect in which the listener seems to be standing with the conductor. All these factors coalesce into a highly enjoyable performance. Chaillys intent is to examine, in a general way, the ongoing influence of Italian music on the Austro-German tradition, and the particular flair the orchestra brings works well here. In Mendelssohns Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 90 ("Italian"), his tempos are brisk, aligned with the fast metronome markings Beethoven indicated for his symphonies. Nobody has ever been sure whether to believe these, but Chailly holds his players together. Two Schubert overtures, "In the Italian Style," represent the composers attempt to replicate Rossinis hugely successful overtures; they actually seem to expand Rossinis conceptions. These are unique Schubert works that are not often heard. Chailly ends with a trio of overtures by the teenage Mozart, and here, too, he gives proper weight to the young composers excitement at encountering the essentially theatrical nature of Italian music. Listeners have many choices when it comes to Mendelssohns "Italian" Symphony, but these performances are entirely distinctive.