Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th August 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
[Zimerman’s] is a very wise, very seasoned, poetic take on it and from his very first solo is possessed of a thoughtful ‘inwardness’. He finds the heartache and disillusionment between the notes...
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th August 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
[Zimerman’s] is a very wise, very seasoned, poetic take on it and from his very first solo is possessed of a thoughtful ‘inwardness’. He finds the heartache and disillusionment between the notes...
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- Leonard Bernstein (spoken word), Humphrey Burton (spoken word)
- Krystian Zimerman (piano)
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 2018-06-13
- Recording Venue: Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week24th August 2018
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2018
Awards Issue 2018
[Zimerman’s] is a very wise, very seasoned, poetic take on it and from his very first solo is possessed of a thoughtful ‘inwardness’. He finds the heartache and disillusionment between the notes and conveys a hypnotic ‘out of body’ feeling in its many moments of reflection. Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra shroud him in opulence, the grand logic of it all beautifully conveyed.
24th August 2018
Zimerman’s resolutely ‘classical’ approach to phrasing and textures ensures that every detail of his late friend’s technical skill registers, from the almost Schubertian grace with which he shapes his opening solo to the clarity which he brings to the rhythmically complex and almost contrapuntal passages in The Masque: one senses that he’s mindful of Bernstein’s desire to be remembered as a ‘serious’ composer rather than a Broadway Baby, and is taking this opportunity to set the record straight.
Classical Music January 2019
Even considering Bernstein’s own recordings of the work, this performance must have a special place. The BPO plays with great subtlety and flexibility – Rattle seems to have opened the players out to a whole new repertoire in which they can be convincing.
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