Wiener Symphoniker
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Anja Kampe, Daniel Sindram, Burkhard Fritz, René Pape
Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Singverein, Philippe Jordan
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Jordan’s account of the Fourth is well-nigh ideal: lithe, lyrical, rhythmically intent...The performance of the Fifth Symphony is lean-bodied and swift in the modern style…Whatever one’s preferences... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Editor's Choice
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This new Vienna cycle is clearly the one with which 43-year-old Jordan intends to make his case...In sum, here are old skills married to new inspiration. At this late hour in the history of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Jordan’s reading [of the Seventh] marries forward motion and unforced articulacy in similar measure [to Weingartner]. The principal strength of his reading is the skill with which the symphony’s... —
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The cleaner textures reveal some lovely wind players, including a wonderfully sweet-toned principal oboe...The results sound fresh, with a fine balance between local flexibility and a firm grip... —
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Luisi recognises that this work’s downbeat emotional trajectory is made more effective with plenty of light and shade...this is an affectionate, lyrical reading of a slow movement which needn’t... —
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Jordan, who's often tended to apply a late-Romantic conducting approach to earlier works, enriches with just that extra degree in these always engaging, sometimes challenging performances…[he]... —
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Jordan is the kind of conductor even the Vienna Philharmonic would be proud of having as its music director...His Tchaikovsky...is as well prepared as you might expect. But for me it doesn't... —
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This charming disc is less a potpourri of Viennese bonbons, more an act of devotion...Rubato, lilt and elegance reign supreme, and you’ll find yourself partying to the sound of imperial Vienna. —
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