シューベルト: 交響曲第9番、オーケストラ伴奏付きの歌曲集 他 - 交響曲全集第4集

エドワード・ガードナーのシューベルト交響曲全集の最後を飾るのは第9番「グレート」です。ガードナーはバーミンガム市交響楽団を操り、これまでの交響曲と同じく全体をすっきりとまとめ、極めてスタイリッシュかつ歌心溢れる演奏を聴かせます。アルバムには『ロザムンデ』からのロマンスや後世の作曲家がオーケストラ伴奏に編曲した歌曲も収録。英国ロイヤル・フィルハーモニック協会のヤング・アーティスト賞を獲得し、世界で活躍するソプラノ、メアリー・ベヴァンが詩情豊かに歌い上げます。
CHANDOSが誇るプロデューサー:ブライアン・ピジョン&録音エンジニア:ラルフ・カズンズのコンビによる収録、SACDでのリリースです
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This 2025 release closes out a cycle of Schubert symphonies from Edward Gardner and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. These have generally been well received, with clean touches of historical performance influence setting the performances apart from epic Germanic treatments. In the case of the Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 ("Great"), listeners may differ as to the results; Gardner emphasizes the wind parts in the manner of period readings, but he takes the energy out of the big outer movements, especially the finale. Listeners can sample that to learn whether the performance carries them along. Better news comes with the first half of the program, consisting of orchestral settings of Schubert songs, plus one vocal item by Schubert himself, from the incidental music to Rosamunde, D. 797. These pieces, by Britten, Berlioz, Brahms, and Max Reger, are not exactly unknown, but there is real value in hearing a group of them together like this. Each of them has a knack for revealing the arrangers own personality, from the dry winds of Britten to the textural complexity of Brahms, and together, they testify to the richness of layers in what may seem like simplicity in Schuberts pieces. Check them out as many others have; the album landed on classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2025. ~ James Manheim