這份錄音收錄Eduard van Beinum在1951年與皇家大會堂管絃樂團錄下的經典白遼士幻想交響曲錄音,片中並補上同時期錄製的另外兩首白遼士作品.非常值得收藏!
Between the controversial Mengelberg and the versatile Bernard Haitink, Eduard van Beinum played a less distinctive role as principal conductor of the Concertgebouw in the postwar years until his death in 1959 but it is difficult to overestimate the positive effect he had on that orchestra and the sincerity of his musicianship.
Van Beinum described his relationship with orchestral musicians as ‘first among equals’ and the implications of that collaborative approach to music-making may be appreciated in the beautifully moulded wind solos of this ‘Symphonie fantastique’. The ‘Roman Carnival’ Overture was recorded during the same sessions as the symphony in September 1951 while the excerpts from ‘The Damnation of Faust’ date from May 1952. The conductor’s unfussy mastery and elucidation of symphonic form also serve as a useful reminder that that Berlioz, for all his Romantic trappings, was in some respects, a Classicist.
‘A typical van Beinum recording is like a home-cooked meal,’ the critic Raymond Tuttle has remarked: ‘no ostentation but no guilt and the sensation of being in competent, judicious hands crosses the decades.’ He contributes a booklet note which discusses both these epoch-making works and the conductor’s humble service to them. These recordings have been newly remastered for this Eloquence reissue.
曲目:
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Overture: Le Carnaval romain, Op. 9
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (orchestral excerpts)
Concertgebouworkest
Eduard van Beinum
Recording Producer: John Culshaw
Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
Recording Location: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1951 (Le Carnaval romain, Symphonie fantastique), May 1952 (La Damnation de Faust)
Remastering Engineer: Chris Bernauer
Original Decca LP Releases: LXT 2642 (Symphonie fantastique); LW 5176 (Le Carnaval romain); LX 3096 (La Damnation de Faust)