Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Release Date: 29 March 2024
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0608917295825
Genres: Classical Symphonies
Description
Jan Willem de Vriend starts a new symphonic cycle dedicated to Schumann. This is the first recording with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra both for the conductor and for Challenge Classics.
Jan Willem de Vriend: Working with this orchestra is very special, and I think it has to do with a very old tradition. A long time ago, they invited my colleague, Frans Bruggen, just as he was starting to conduct. He learned the orchestra about the old music style, the way of playing in the time of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach--how they played and how you must approach the music. On his part, Bruggen put something in the orchestra that I would say is now part of their DNA: the flexibility, the curiosity, and the way to approach the music. It's so special, here in Stavanger. Schumann's music is to me something unique, because what he's writing is so personal; on one hand it is sometimes very emotional, but on the other hand, it's technically perfect. In music, I don't often find those two elements together.
"The sound of the orchestra from Stavanger is rich and sonorous throughout. De Vriend brings his historical understanding to the orchestral palette." – Pizzicato ****
Tracklisting
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Aart Bergwerff
Roberto Prosseda
Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dejan Lazic, Jan Willem de Vriend
Ton Koopman
Duo Saraswati
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Mari Eriksmoen, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend
