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Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'

Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Awards:

[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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[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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Contents and tracklist

Lento moderato
Track length2:25
Variation 1. L'istesso tempo
Track length1:00
Variation 2. Poco più mosso
Track length1:29
Variation 3. Largamente, ma mosso
Track length1:26
Variation 4. Più mosso
Track length0:51
Variation 5. Agitato
Track length0:50
Variation 6. Poco meno mosso
Track length1:29
Variation 7. L'istesso tempo
Track length1:59
Variation 8. Molto moderato, ma movendo
Track length1:49
Variation 9. Più mosso. Tempo di Valse
Track length1:20
Variation 10. Più mosso
Track length0:30
Variation 11. L'istesso tempo
Track length0:54
Variation 12. Poco più vivace
Track length0:13
Variation 13: L'istesso tempo
Track length0:41
Variation 14: Poco più vivace
Track length0:34
Largo
Track length7:34
Extremely fast
Track length4:29
L'istesso tempo - Adagio / Andante - quasi cadenza - Lento molto
Track length8:19

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Awards and reviews

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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