Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
From the opening bars of Beethoven’s Fifth…there is intense conviction. Not only in the fiery playing, though that is extraordinary, but in the way that van Zweden elicits usually unheard details...
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
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From the opening bars of Beethoven’s Fifth…there is intense conviction. Not only in the fiery playing, though that is extraordinary, but in the way that van Zweden elicits usually unheard details...
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Decca Gold is excited to announce a long-term partnership with the New York Philharmonic and their incoming Music Director, Jaap van Zweden.
Press Conference will take place on 13 February in New York, where the New York Philharmonic will make their 2018/19 Season announcement, with van Zweden as the new Music Director.
Contents and tracklist
- New York Philharmonic
- Jaap van Zweden
- Recorded: 2018
- Recording Venue: David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
- New York Philharmonic
- Jaap van Zweden
- Recorded: 2018
- Recording Venue: David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
Awards and reviews
August 2018
From the opening bars of Beethoven’s Fifth…there is intense conviction. Not only in the fiery playing, though that is extraordinary, but in the way that van Zweden elicits usually unheard details of scoring and surprising rhythms which, though certainly in the score, I had never heard before…overall this is a triumph, to be listened to especially by anyone who feels they don’t have an urgent need to listen to these works again.
June 2018
His Beethoven is solidly built from the ground upwards, led by crisply distinct (but not divided) violins and strong on countermelodies…There may be nothing here to equal the megawatt intensity of Bernstein’s 1960s NYPO cycle but a quick, hawk-eyed intelligence…and improvisatory melodic freedom (is that swing I hear in the Trio?) offer more than adequate compensation.
