Frans Brüggen conducts Beethoven & Kurpinsky
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
this is an exciting and musically insightful account. As with Brüggen's other recordings, the first movement is spacious and surprisingly close to Wilhelm Furtwängler in interpretative approach....
Frans Brüggen conducts Beethoven & Kurpinsky
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
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this is an exciting and musically insightful account. As with Brüggen's other recordings, the first movement is spacious and surprisingly close to Wilhelm Furtwängler in interpretative approach....
About
The album is a recording of the two concerts, which took places on the 25th of August 2013 [1–7] in the Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio and on the 3th of September 2005 [8–11] in the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall as a parts of the festival Chopin and his Europe.
Frans Bruggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century are glorious advocates of this music, and the resulting recording here is a must for all fans.
Contents and tracklist
Beethoven:
III Symfonia Eroica in E Flat-Major, Op. 55
Work length49:08
This work is only available as an album download.
I.Allegro con brio
Track length18:24
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
June 2015
this is an exciting and musically insightful account. As with Brüggen's other recordings, the first movement is spacious and surprisingly close to Wilhelm Furtwängler in interpretative approach. In contrast, the Funeral Match is extremly brisk and purposeful, followed by a rhythmically dynamic Scherzo and an exhilirating Finale
March 2015
Brüggen offers a reading [of the Beethoven] that combines a sense of nobility with generally transparent textures...Brüggen directs a very exciting performance [of the Kurpinski] and the recording captures it with great presence.
