Release Date: 06 February 2012
Label: Avie Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252224528
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Beethoven
Description
Manchester Camerata and Douglas Boyd conclude their critically acclaimed Beethoven cycle with a vivid live recording of the Symphony No 9 'Choral'.
Manchester Camerata concludes its acclaimed Beethoven cycle, appropriately with the composer's final Symphony, the glorious Ninth. Like the previous releases in this cycle these live recordings capture the spirit and freshness of these remarkable, genre-busting works, as well as the excitement, atmosphere and energy of the chamber orchestra under Douglas Boyd, the ensemble's Music Director for 10 years.
Manchester Camerata has become one of the finest, most innovative chamber orchestras in the UK, and Douglas Boyd has proven to be an eminent Beethovenian. Conducting the composer's Fidelio at the 2009 Garsington Opera Festival, The Times noted "his grasp of Beethovenian idiom" and "pungent underlining of orchestral detail", praising the musical performance as "sublime and exultant".
Critical acclaim for Douglas Boyd's and Manchester Camerata's Beethoven Symphony cycle:
"Gutsy, powerful, vivid – this Mancunian Beethoven is something quite special." - Gramophone, Editor's Choice
"Brilliant live accounts...fresh...sizzling...invigorating." - The Sunday Times
"A performance that combines dazzling agility with a properly Beethovenian truculence." – The Daily Telegraph
Personnel: Manchester Camerata, Douglas Boyd (conductor), Rebecca von Lipinksi (soprano), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Peter Wedd (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Tracklisting
Vasily Petrenko
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford & Stephen Darlington
Leon McCawley
Douglas Boyd
Apollo's Fire & Jeannette Sorrell
Alexandra Silocea
Theatro
Roger Cole; Karin Walsh; Beth Orson; Erin Marks; Sarah Jackson; Christie Reside; Rosanne Wieringa;
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos(Blu-ray)
Yubo Zhou
Yang Bao, Jeeihn Kim, Mark Chen, Lindan Burns, Seoyeon Koo, Griffin Seuter
Victor Jacob; Orchestre de l'Opera Royal; Isaure Brunner; Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin; Coeur de l'Ope
Thomas Clausen Trio, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Jean Thorel, Anders Malta, Evgueni Brokmiller
The Brook Street Band
Roger Cole; Karin Walsh; Beth Orson; Erin Marks; Sarah Jackson; Christie Reside; Rosanne Wieringa;
Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian; Cafe Zimmermann; Pablo Valetti
