Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & In the South
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Pappano is nothing if not dynamic and wholehearted in his approach to this wonderful piece…the swagger of the Italians can be irresistible and the euphoric close of the symphony elicits a suitably...
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & In the South
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
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Pappano is nothing if not dynamic and wholehearted in his approach to this wonderful piece…the swagger of the Italians can be irresistible and the euphoric close of the symphony elicits a suitably...
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Recorded live in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, 21, 23 & 24 January 2012 (Op.55) & 18 March 2013 (Op.50).
Antonio Pappano, who studied piano and conducting, first attracted the attention of Daniel Barenboim, becoming his assistant at the Bayreuth Festival. After working in Barcelona and Frankfurt, he made his debut at Den Norske Opera in Oslo in 1987, becoming music director there in 1990.
From 1992 to 2002 Pappano was music director of La Monnaie, the Belgian Royal Opera House. In 2002, he was named music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, his current contract there running to 2017. Pappano has also been principal guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2005 became music director of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Pappano was knighted in 2012 and was also made a Knight Grand Cross of Italy’s Order of Merit. Pappano’s opening London season in 2012 featured him conducting Elgar for the first time with, according to the critics, a ‘searing’ account of Symphony No.1. As part of his preparation of the score, he listened to Elgar’s own 1930 recording.
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- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Antonio Pappano
- Recorded: 21, 23 and 24 January 2012
- Recording Venue: Parco della Musica Auditorium, Rome, Italy
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Antonio Pappano
- Recorded: 18 March 2013
- Recording Venue: Parco della Musica Auditorium, Rome, Italy
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Awards and reviews
November 2016
Pappano is nothing if not dynamic and wholehearted in his approach to this wonderful piece…the swagger of the Italians can be irresistible and the euphoric close of the symphony elicits a suitably noisy response.
28th August 2016
[Under Pappano] the musicians play with a fervent commitment and warmth, even if they don’t have an Elgar tradition. Pappano paces the music with a broad, expansive tread, paying great attention to instrumental detail...But it’s the performance of In the South that benefits most from the musicians’ Italianate temperament.
17th August 2016
Pappano has created a very fine orchestra indeed, one of true international quality. Its playing is not particularly Italianate, but then nowadays it’s rare for one of the world’s great orchestras to have an instantly identifiable sound...Pappano approaches Symphony No 1 and In the South as what they are – important works in the European late-Romantic tradition.
Classical Ear October 2016
Sir Antonio Pappano directs a gutsy, intrepidly characterful and consistently stimulating account of Elgar's magnificent First Symphony…no Elgar aficionado will regret seeking out this supremely enjoyable release…let's hope the Second Symphony will not be long in following.
