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琉森音樂節歷史名演 卡拉揚 - 琉森音樂節初期 / 納森.米爾斯坦 小提琴 / 蓋札.安達, 羅伯.卡薩德修, 克拉拉.哈絲姬兒 鋼琴 / 卡拉揚 指揮 / 瑞士節慶管弦樂團 (3CD)
作曲家: Beethoven / Mozart / Bach / Brahms / Honegger
演出者: Robert Casadesus / Nathan Milstein / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Geza Anda / Elsa Cavelti / Clara Haskil / Ernst Haefliger / Hans Braun
指揮家: Herbert von Karajan
樂團: Schweizerisches Festspielorchester | Philharmonia Orchestra | Wiener Singverein | Wiener Symphoniker
Herbert von Karajan
For the first time, this edition makes available Herbert von Karajan's previously unreleased early live recordings from the Lucerne Festival, made in a decade during which Karajan was rebuilding his career. Included are legendary soloists such as Clara Haskil and Geza Anda, Robert Casadesus and Nathan Milstein.
The Internationale Musikfestwochen Luzern (today's Lucerne Festival) was the first promoter outside Austria to engage Herbert von Karajan after his performance ban and denazification proceedings, thus enabling him to return to international podiums. ＂I will always be indebted＂, Karajan later confessed. For almost four decades, from 1948 to 1988, he was to make his mark on Lucerne Festival. His annual appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic (from 1958) enjoyed cult status. But already in the decade before, as documented by this edition, Karajan enthused audiences and critics alike in Lucerne and quickly rose to become the defining artistic personality alongside Wilhelm Furtwangler: he conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, but above all the Swiss Festival Orchestra, whom he held in high esteem and with whom he performed a total of nine concerts.
The surviving Lucerne live recordings range from Bach's C major Concerto for two Keyboards, BWV1061 (with Clara Haskil and Geza Anda), to Arthur Honegger's Symphonie liturgique. The exciting, rhythmically tight interpretations show Karajan to be an extremely form-conscious, textually faithful conductor of great expressive power. He inspires his orchestras to deliver top performances, whilst also acting as a sensitive yet extremely present accompanist, as for instance in Brahms' Violin Concerto with Nathan Milstein, or in Mozart's dramatic C minor Concerto, K. 491, with Robert Casadesus.
As a digital bonus, the edition also includes Bach's Mass in B minor, which Karajan celebrated at the end of the 1951 festival with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Singverein and a top-class quartet of soloists (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elsa Cavelti, Ernst Haefliger and Hans Braun): a fascinating sonic document thanks to Karajan's very personal approach, even if stylistically it feels far removed.
The sound of the live recordings on the 3-CD box set has been carefully restored. The 62-page booklet in three languages contains essays by Wolfgang Rathert and Erich Singer on Karajan's career re-launch during the post-war years and on his special relationship with Lucerne Festival. It also contains numerous previously unpublished photos.
曲目:
CD1
1 - 4 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
I. Allegro vivace e con brio 9:44
II. Allegretto scherzando 4:02
III. Tempo di Menuetto 5:28
IV. Allegro vivace 7:52
5 - 7 Wolfgang Amade Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491
I. Allegro 13:14
II. Larghetto 8:37
III. Allegretto 8:26
8 - 10 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto for Two Pianos and
Orchestra in C major, BWV 1061*
I. [Allegro] 7:40
II. Adagio ovvero Largo 4:28
III. Fuga 5:29
total time CD 1: 75:00
Robert Casadesus piano (Mozart)
Clara Haskil | Geza Anda piano (Bach)
Swiss Festival Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
Lucerne, Kunsthaus, 16 August 1952 & 10 August 1955*
CD2
1 - 5 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 Pastoral
I. Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arriving
in the countryside. Allegro ma non troppo 11:20
II. Scene by the brook. Andante molto moto 11:16
III. Merry gathering of country folk. Allegro – 2:56
IV. Thunderstorm. Allegro – 3:23
V. Shepherd's Hymn: Happy and thankful feelings
after the storm. Allegretto 9:17
6 - 9 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
I. Allegro non troppo 13:18
II. Andante moderato 12:02
III. Allegro giocoso – Poco meno presto – Tempo I 6:11
IV. Allegro energico e passionato – Piu Allegro 10:23
total time CD 2: 80:06
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
Lucerne, Kunsthaus, 6 September 1956
CD3
1 - 3 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
I. Allegro non troppo 20:33
II. Adagio 8:51
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace –
Poco piu presto 8:23
4 - 6 Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Symphony No. 3 Liturgique*
I. Dies irae. Allegro marcato 6:56
II. De profundis clamavi. Adagio 13:06
III. Dona nobis pacem. Andante – Adagio 12:02
total time CD 3: 69:51
Nathan Milstein violin
Swiss Festival Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
Lucerne, Kunsthaus, 17 August 1957 & 10 August 1955* |
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