Lorin Maazel - Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony (1972) [2010] Hi-Res

• Title: Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
  
• Year Of Release: 1972 [2010]
  
• Label: HDTT
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: FLAC (Tracks) | 24 Bit/192 kHz
  
• Total Time: 00:54:57
  
• Total Size: 1,7 GB (+3%rec.)
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony has had precious few great recordings; luckily this is one of them. Lorin Maazel’s is a determined, rather than resigned, wanderer. Quicker tempos allied with sharp articulation in the strings and rhythmic crispness make for a taut and intense portrayal. This greatly enhances the first movement’s hysterical conclusion, with the brass and percussion satisfyingly prominent. The scherzo is taken at a relaxed pace, allowing us to hear more of the whirling woodwind’s individual notes, and likening the movement to Tchaikovsky’s contemporaneous Sleeping Beauty, though Riccardo Muti’s fleet tempos create more fantasy in his Philharmonia recording on EMI. Maazel leads a very flowing account of the Andante con moto, revealing its kinship with Berlioz’s Harold in Italy. The finale has all the excitement, energy and crackerjack rhythmic thrust needed to make it really fly. Maazel’s unerring sense of intrumental balance allows much of the usually obscured woodwind detail to be heard, and the return of the Big Tune at the end is thrilling, with the strings whipping up quite a frenzy before the organ epilogue.

Various editions exist of
the Manfrd Symphony, some like Toscanini’s utilizing massive cuts, but Lorin Maazel preserves
much of the labyrinthine spectacle and breadth of Tchaikovsky’s original score.


Tracks:

1-Lento lugubre 15:35
2-Vivace con spirito 9:44
3-Andante con moto 10:17
4-Allegro con fuoco 19:21

Personnel:

Wiener Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel

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