Busoni: Orchestral Works
Nelson Goerner (piano), John Bradbury (clarinet)
BBC Philharmonic, Neeme Järvi
Greater exuberance and amorous sentiment is to be found in the Die Brautwahl suite (drawing on his opera of the same name). The Suite was premiered in Berlin in 1913 by Oskar Fried. The finale...
Busoni: Orchestral Works
Nelson Goerner (piano), John Bradbury (clarinet)
BBC Philharmonic, Neeme Järvi
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Greater exuberance and amorous sentiment is to be found in the Die Brautwahl suite (drawing on his opera of the same name). The Suite was premiered in Berlin in 1913 by Oskar Fried. The finale...
About
This special re-issue gathers the two albums in Neeme Järvi’s exploration, with the BBC Philharmonic, of the unjustly neglected works of the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni.
Those two volumes, sold here for the price of one, were released to critical acclaim in 2002 and 2005, respectively. The Gramophone reviewer stated:
‘Järvi’s performances on his two Busoni collections are the most consistently sympathetic I’ve heard in some years and they’re sure – not least because of the series’ comprehensiveness – to enhance Busoni’s reputation as an orchestral composer.’
The set spans the varied musical life of an iconic twentieth-century composer, who around WWI shifted from a late romantic style (heard in the Orchestral Suite and Lustspiel-Ouvertüre) to a more personal, loosely tonal style which culminated in the final masterpiece, Doktor Faust, two movements from which, Sarabande and Cortège, are featured here.
Contents and tracklist
- Neeme Järvi, BBC Philharmonic
- Recorded: 8-9 March 2001
- Recording Venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, UK
- Neeme Järvi, BBC Philharmonic, John Bradbury
- Recorded: 8-9 March 2001
- Recording Venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, UK
- Neeme Järvi, BBC Philharmonic
- Recorded: 8-9 March 2001
- Recording Venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, UK
- Neeme Järvi, BBC Philharmonic
- Recorded: 8-9 March 2001
- Recording Venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, UK
- Neeme Järvi, BBC Philharmonic
- Recorded: 24-25 March 2004
- Recording Venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, UK
Awards and reviews
August 2017
Greater exuberance and amorous sentiment is to be found in the Die Brautwahl suite (drawing on his opera of the same name). The Suite was premiered in Berlin in 1913 by Oskar Fried. The finale has much of the fluttering eagerness of the Lustspiel-Ouvertüre but a degree more polish.
