tri2061990
12-06-2011, 04:25 AM
Previn's reading with the LSO appeared just in time to honor the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth on May 29, 1897. The Berlin- born conductor, wonderfully in tune with the energy and passion of the score, elicits playing of extraordinary potency and expressiveness from his London charges. It is a colorful account, but also a gripping, serious one. Thanks to Previn's acute sense of balance, the Adagio emerges as the tragic utterance Korngold meant it to be, while the finale soars with an exuberance Robin Hood's merry men would have appreciated. One of the finest moments comes at the very end of the first movement, where an echo of the symphony's main subject is drummed out col legno by the LSO strings with an eeriness that makes one's hair stand on end. The recording was made in a church and sounds overly reverberant; in spite of that, DG's imaging is solid and the mix preserves detail along with plenty of impact. --Ted Libbey
Tracklist:
1 Symphony In F Sharp, Op. 40: Moderato, ma energico
2 Symphony In F Sharp, Op. 40: Scherzo: Allegro molto
3 Symphony In F Sharp, Op. 40: Adagio
4 Symphony In F Sharp, Op. 40: Finale
5 Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: No 2: The Maiden In The Bridal Chamber
6 Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: No. 3: Dogberry And Verges (March Of The Watch)
7 Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: No. 4: Intermezzo
8 Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: No 5: Masquerade (Hornpipe)
FLAC
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