貝多芬:第九號交響曲(合唱) / 艾拉斯-卡薩多 指揮 / 佛萊堡巴洛克管弦樂團 (2CD)

貝多芬: 第九號交響曲(合唱) / 合唱幻想曲,作品40 / 維爾納．古拉 男高音 / 貝薩伊登豪特 鋼琴 / 帕布羅．艾拉斯-卡薩多 指揮 /佛萊堡巴洛克管弦樂團

作曲家: Beethoven
演出者: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Christiane Karg (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Werner Gura (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone)
指揮家: Pablo Heras-Casado
樂團: Freiburger Barockorchester /  Zurcher Sing-Akademie

首先, 這雙CD專輯可被銘記為此合奏團的典範作品, 在'巴洛克管絃樂團'的稱號下並不會限制該團跨入後巴洛克時期的曲目. 在一位富具有天份的指揮關注的眼神下, 佛萊堡團員呈現給我們的是一個嶄新的第九號願景, 一個追求絕對完美曲目類別的試金石-而且是直接承襲於一件較早的(合唱幻想曲)作品. (合唱幻想曲)展示了貝多芬最特別的天賦: 即興創作. 貝薩伊登豪特與他的協奏曲夥伴們再次攜手合作讓大家體驗這少為人知的樂曲, 就如同第一次的演出….然後由貝多芬親自改編[成第九號].


First and foremost, this double album enshrines the exemplary work of an ensemble whose designation 'Baroque Orchestra' by no means limits its excursions into later repertories: under the watchful eye of a gifted conductor, the 'Freiburgers' (and co.) offer us a profoundly renewed vision of the Ninth, that myth among myths, that touchstone of a genre in quest of the absolute – and the direct descendant of a much earlier 'Choral Fantasy'. The latter work showcased one of Beethoven's most extraordinary talents: improvisation. Kristian Bezuidenhout has joined forces again with his concerto partners to let us experience this little-known score as if it had just been premiered . . . then transcribed by Beethoven himself!