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Mozart, Gliere, Korngold: Concertos
BR Klassik

Mozart, Gliere, Korngold: Concertos

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Composer
MOZART GLIÈRE KORNGOLD
Artist
Manz, Ceysson, Park, Meister, Renes
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jul 27, 2010
Catalog #
900106
UPC
4035719001068

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MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A 1. GLIÈRE Harp Concerto in E? 2. KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D 2 • 1 Cornelius Meister, 2 Lawrence Renes, cond; Sebastian Manz (cl); Emmanuel Ceysson (hp); Hyeyoon Park (vn); Bavarian RSO • BR (76:07) Live: Munich 1 9/19/2008; 2 9/18/2009


If you guessed that these performances were presented for the benefit of three young and very talented contest winners, you’d be right. Each of these prize-winning soloists at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich was given the opportunity to launch his or her career in a concert appearance with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. The CD at hand documents those concerts.


For his solo appearance Sebastian Manz chose perhaps not the most difficult clarinet concerto in the literature, but certainly the most widely known and loved, Mozart’s A-Major Concerto, K 622. Playing a basset clarinet, and properly so, Manz navigates his part with exceptional agility, gorgeous tone, exquisite phrasing, and highly cultivated musical taste, quite an accomplishment for a 22-year-old. The influence of his teacher, celebrated clarinetist Sabine Meyer, is manifest.


The double-action pedal harp was patented by Sebastien Érard in 1801. Its modern descendant has 46 or 47 strings and weighs around 80 pounds. Suddenly, one doesn’t feel so sorry for double-bass players anymore. This was the instrument that Reinhold Glière was writing for when he wrote his Harp Concerto in 1938, and in doing so he sought the help of harpist Ksenia Erdeli. In fact, so extensive was her advice that Glière proposed to credit her as co-composer, but she refused the honor, preferring to be acknowledged as the editor. The result was a piece as idiomatically written for the harp as any ever has been; though judging by the number of currently listed recordings, it doesn’t seem to be quite as popular as I believe it once was. Emmanuel Ceysson is really superb. He plays with fluent ease in the most difficult passages and spins the score’s enchanting Russian lyricism with color and character.


Seventeen-year-old Korean violinist Hyeyoon Park is obviously very talented. She would have to be to tackle Korngold’s technically taxing Violin Concerto. The difficulty she faces is that there have been at least three quite recent recordings of the piece, by Renaud Capuçon, Vadim Gluzman, and Nikolai Znaider, on top of which there are classic versions by Heifetz and Perlman, as well as fine accounts by Mutter, Hahn, and Ehnes. Park is very good, but she is not yet in the same class as those named, though she comes pretty darn close, which is an amazing achievement for one so young. She plays with solid technique, tonal vibrancy, and strong emotional commitment.


It wouldn’t be fair really to compare any of these three soloists to much older and more seasoned artists who have performed these concertos many times in concert under various conductors and with different orchestras. These are firsts for all three of them, and exceptional firsts they are. This is a beautiful recording—most enjoyable and highly recommended.


FANFARE: Jerry Dubins

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 11:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Sebastian Manz
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Cornelius Meister
  2. 2 II. Adagio 06:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Sebastian Manz
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Cornelius Meister
  3. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 08:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Sebastian Manz
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Cornelius Meister
  4. 4 I. Moderato 09:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    09:35
    Composer
    Reinhold Glière
    Performer
    Emmanuel Ceysson
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  5. 5 II. Tema con variazioni 10:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Tema con variazioni
    Duration
    10:12
    Composer
    Reinhold Glière
    Performer
    Emmanuel Ceysson
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  6. 6 III. Allegro giocoso 04:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Reinhold Glière
    Performer
    Emmanuel Ceysson
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  7. 7 I. Moderato nobile 08:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Moderato nobile
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Hyeyoon Park
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  8. 8 II. Romanze: Andante 07:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Romanze: Andante
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Hyeyoon Park
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  9. 9 III. Finale: Allegro assai vivace 07:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro assai vivace
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Hyeyoon Park
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes