Beethoven: Complete Overtures 贝多芬：序曲全集
- 艺人
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- 语种
- 其他
- 厂牌
- Philips Classics
- 发行时间
- 1993年10月15日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
5.0 out of 5 stars, April 13, 2002
Essential, but often overlooked, Beethoven.
by Bob Zeidler
It's a pleasure to find this Philips Duo &twofer& offering all - and I DO mean all - of the Beethoven overtures, in authoritative, sober and yet resplendent performances by Kurt Masur and his orchestra at the time, the famed Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Beethoven wrote only one opera - Fidelio - and, while it may have its share of dramatic flaws relative to works by those who specialized in the genre, it is true music drama full of heroic themes and equally heroic music. He wrote four overtures for the work (the three Leonore overtures as well as the Fidelio overture). Each in its way can be said to represent dramatic themes in the opera, and no one by itself captures the full essence of the work. (Interestingly, various conductors - including Gustav Mahler when he had been the music director of the Vienna Court Opera - have utilized all four overtures in the course of a single performance of Fidelio, to good effect one could imagine.)
Equally well-known as dramatic masterpieces are the overtures to Coriolan, Egmont and The Consecration of the House. Taken with the four Fidelio overtures, they serve notice that Beethoven lacked little, if anything, as music dramatist in genres beyond his symphonies. If proof be needed of this fact, one need only consider the effect these &mini-music-dramas& had on composers yet to come such as Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner and Mahler. Each in his way paid tribute to Beethoven's earlier works here.
If the remaining overtures don't quite live up to the qualities of the seven above, it is nevertheless good to be able to have Beethoven's complete works in the genre. And the various dance suites performed by Sir Neville Marriner and his Academy of St. Martin in the Fields make for entertaining fillers, providing for more than two and one-half hours of music.
Interested &fence-sitters& who are perhaps wondering about the sonics of these nearly-three-decade-old recordings need not let recording age get in the way of their purchasing decisions. Throughout the 1960's and 1970's, Philips was at the forefront of recording technology and quality, and had perhaps the best analogue LP's on the market at the time. The beautifully burnished sound of the Leipzigers in their Gewandhaus home is captured perfectly. This at a bargain mid-price, and with Marriner's excellent performances of Beethoven's dance music to boot.
But get this for the overtures, and see for yourselves that Beethoven need make apologies to no one regarding his capabilities as a music dramatist.
热门评论
- @月夜吾飞行：转自《cd天书》： 马舒尔此序曲集的表现，有其他处理贝氏交响曲的所有优点。莱比锡布业大厦乐团在马舒尔棒下总是全心全意倾力演出，那份自发的生命力和充满弹性的节奏感，是难以匹敌的。马舒尔最权威的地方，是布局雄伟，速度完全对，和动态处理之磅礴气势。这与卡拉扬比较是两个完全不同的世界，但同具权威性和说服力。贝多芬创作的舞曲音乐，反映了他比较轻松悠闲的一面——原来他写这些轻音乐小品也有一手。马里纳处理这类节奏轻盈的音乐，实属最适合不过；圣马丁室内乐团在他棒下演出精神奕奕，典雅愉快。
- @黃前 久美子：貝爺 從小的偶像 此貝爺非彼貝爺2333
- @赵肖邦：贝多芬：序曲全集太丰富啦！
最新简评（共28条）
- @可爱多：马舒尔在70年代录制的全套贝多芬序曲比交响曲更出色，莱比锡特有的弦乐音色在这里表现得淋漓尽致。除了有时力度差些火候，其它堪称完美。
- @✘(留白)：激昂
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- @寒江子(亂煙籠碧砌，飛月向南端。...)：
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- @瓯江月(若文明消失,惟有音乐值得...)：菲力普公司的录音制品，在注重音场广阔、真实堂音，音效高质的同时，倾向作品思想性和表现力，乐队细节更多更细腻，不刻意出声的强力轰鸣。厚润和谐耐听入耳。
- @fyccyfh：交响大厅
- @星跃-小安(读书 旅行 科技)：效果听起来很差。