Mendelssohn: The Complete Symphonies 门德尔松：交响曲全集
- 艺人
- Felix Mendelssohn
- 语种
- 其他
- 厂牌
- DECCA
- 发行时间
- 2010年09月06日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
Clean, dramatic and well-considered performances and recordings.
Although apart from Nos. 3 and 4 Mendelssohn’s Symphonies turn up surprisingly rarely in concert programmes there are now many complete recordings from which the collector can choose. For anyone with a special interest in the composer the chance to compare the approaches of, say, Karajan, Abbado, Sawallisch and Masur may well be irresistible, and when versions by other distinguished conductors who have recorded only individual Symphonies, including Toscanini, Norrington and Gardiner, are added the choices seem endless. All of those versions I have mentioned have real merits of their own whilst demonstrating the validity of quite different approaches to the music. The present set makes a distinguished return to the catalogue and addition to this number. The performances may now be over forty years old but unless the quality of the recording is your main interest their age would be no reason to ignore the set. The recording is indeed clear and well focused, and due I suspect to a combination of the arts of the conductor and the recording engineers much important and delightful detail is audible which often gets lost, especially in the tuttis.
Dohnányi’s approach is essentially classical, dramatic and at all times . As these are all prime qualities for successful performance of this composer’s works the results are impressive and enjoyable. The Scottish, for example, has real momentum and is never allowed to sit back on itself, even in the slow movement or in the final Allegro maestoso assai. This is even more marked in the Lobesgesang where the conductor seems consciously to be attempting to avoid any hint of the sanctimonious. I enjoyed this, although others may prefer a more romantic approach.
It is possible to squeeze all five Symphonies onto three discs, but here they are spread out over four. This does result in playing times that are adequate rather than generous but it also means that there is room for the Overtures, War March and, best of all, Die Erste Walpurgisnacht. Despite listening to several versions I remain unconvinced that this is one of the composer’s masterworks, but it does show his imagination in its depiction of the Druids, determined to carry on with the old religion despite the opposition of the Christians. It is given a suitably dramatic performance here, spoilt only by the curious feebleness of the soprano chorus when singing high As. Of the overtures, that to Athalie is particularly welcome - its scoring and dramatic flow make it one of my favourite Mendelssohn overtures.
The only serious criticism I have of the set is Dohnányi’s dislike of exposition repeats. I regret this in the Scottish but object strongly to it in the Italian where it means the loss of over twenty bars of music as well spoiling the proportions of the movement. However all too many conductors do this, and the rest of the performance is so good that it is best to overlook it.
There is a brief but useful note by Colin Anderson and the necessary texts and translations are available on the Decca website. All in all this set has much to recommend itself to both those with other versions already who want it as a comparison, and to those without who can be assured of clean, dramatic and well-considered performances and recordings.
-- John Sheppard, MusicWeb International
最新简评（共14条）
- @marcopolopos(Marcopolopos...)：门德尔松第四交响曲“意大利”（Italian）在第四乐章的乐谱上标明萨尔塔雷罗(Saltarello)舞曲，这种舞曲是作曲家在罗马的民间节目表演中多次亲临观察所得。萨尔塔雷罗舞是一种速度极快、情绪极为热烈的意大利民间舞蹈，由男女成对表演，其手足动作都很激烈。乐章中强劲的节奏、飞速的音流构筑起欢腾的气氛，是门德尔松所有作品中最为欢快的一个乐章，正是这个乐章使这部作品成为名副其实的《意大利交响曲》。
- @蓝*蝶恋花(再见，江湖从此是陌路。)：没有任何抵御力的喜欢门德尔松的作品~
- @尘埃中的素颜(凭你莺啼百转，我只应你叽...)：
- @:D：
- @hohode(音乐就是我的空气……)：谢谢分享～
- @明镜止水(音乐比哲学有更高的启示—...)：Mendelssohn: The Complete Symphonies 门德尔松：交响曲全集
- @五音不全：这个谁指挥的
- @独风冷雨(阳光淌过手心天空笑了笑！)：喜欢~_~
- @junjun(乐音至上。)：也许苏格兰阴霾的天下气更适合我现在的心情
- @꧁磊꧂( )：O(∩_∩)O