Yannick Nezet-Seguin; Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Release Date: 17 May 2024
Label: Atma Classique
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 722056245326
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
ATMA Classique proudly presents Jean Sibelius' Symphonies Nos 2 & 5 with Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducting the Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal.
Recorded at Maison symphonique de Montreal, this new release is part of our complete cycle of Sibelius symphonies launched in 2019 with Symphony No. 1.
The two symphonies on this recording are among the best-loved works of Jean Sibelius. Symphony No. 2 marks the conclusion of his first stylistic phase. Like many other Finnish patriotic artists around the turn of the century, Sibelius identified as a national Romantic. Symphony No. 5, on the other hand, established the foundations of what would become Sibelius' mature style, in which he pushed concentration and austerity to extreme limits.
The popularity of these two works has never faltered since they were premiered in Helsinki more than a century ago. Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestre Metropolitain since 2000, Yannick Nezet-Seguin signed a "lifelong" commitment with the Orchestre in September 2019.
SCALA RADIO NEW RELEASE SPOTLIGHT
"Everyone in Montreal thinks, breathes and feels in sync […] . [This] confirms Nezet-Seguin's status as one of the most persuasive Sibelius conductors around." – The Times *****
"Predictably Yannick Nezet-Seguin gets the pacing and the frissons absolutely right in Sibelius's two biggest and best-known symphonic adventures." – BBC Music Magazine ****
"a quite spectacular addition to this cycle" – Classical Music Daily
"[Seguin] secures excellent playing from Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain, strings and brass full of weight in the first movement's ecstatic, impressionistic climax. […] the scherzo and finale are well paced with some magnificent trumpet playing in the final minutes." – The Arts Desk
Tracklisting
Flute Alors
Marie Nadeau-Tremblay; Corriveau; Milnes; Bursey
Louise Bessette
Jeffrey Stonehouse, Viviane Gosselin, Daniel Anez Garcia, Victor Alibert, Hubert Brizard, David The
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Alain Trudel
Arion Orchestre Baroque, Mathieu Lussier, Magali Simard-Galdes, Nicholas Scott, Melisande McNabney
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Jean-Sebastien Vallee
Quatuor Molinari
Hans-Jurg Strub; Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen; Christian Erny
Sinfonieorchester Gottingen
London Sinfonietta; David Atherton
Antal Dorati; Philharmonia Hungarica
Karel Ancerl; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Yoichi Sugiyama
David Rabinovich
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
