简介:
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Performer: Juliane Banse - soprano, William Preusil - cello
Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1 SACD-R
Format: ISO
Bit Depth: 64(2.8 MHz/1 Bit)
Number of channels: 5.1, 2.0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Size: 3.78 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Pierre Boulez conducts the 4th Symphony of Gustav Mahler, in a 2000 recording redone for MCH SACD.
Review from Musicweb by Paul Shoemaker
Who ever would have thought that Pierre Boulez, the enfant terrible of dodecaphonic composers, would grow up to
be a great conductor of the romantic repertoire? I became a believer the night I heard him conduct the Schumann
Rhenish Symphony with the LAPO and in fact have yet to hear a performance by anyone of that work as good as I
heard that night. He spun out the middle chorale movement into long, high corridors of sensual sound. But his
Mahler has been controversial from the first note; people generally either love it or hate it with little said in
between.
A performance of the Fourth Symphony can stand or fall on the voice of the soprano. Mahler had in mind a young,
innocent sounding voice, and he supposedly was disappointed that a child could not sing it. The first recording
with Bruno Walter and Desi Halban was the only one available for nearly 15 years and the first one I got to know.
She seemed to me, as I recall, to have a fine voice for the part, but one reviewer referred to her as
"deficient", and that opinion must have prevailed; for, those recordings by Walter still in print are with such
lights as Schwarzkopf, Seefried, and Stader. A good Pamina, as were these sopranos, should be able to sing this
part very well, but I have not been able to obtain copies for comparison.
Bernstein"s soprano, Reri Grist, has a reedy, agile voice, verging on stridency, which is heard clearly through
the orchestral textures. Coupled with Bernstein"s tiresomely exaggerated phrasing and consistent overstatement of
every orchestral effect this recording is guaranteed to give you a headache and me a cramp in my abdominal
muscles within minutes - unless you particularly prefer Bernstein"s approach, in which case you will like this
version over all others and you can skip to the next review. I can"t really explain why I so immediately and
favourably respond to the distortions used by Leopold Stokowski and react so negatively to those used by
Bernstein; it must be simply a matter of personality type. I truly admire many of Bernstein"s recordings of
classical and modern music.
Maazel"s soprano Kathleen Battle has a beautiful, angelically pure voice. It is difficult to forget all the bad
press she has received over the years, and easy to interpret that publicity so as to hear conceit and arrogance
in her voice, but I don"t think any of that is really there. I think she sings beautifully, if perhaps just a
little too perfectly, maybe verging on a preciousness which does not convey innocence. Maazel is on his good
behaviour and gives a good, straightforward, well recorded reading of the score. Until recently this version
could be recommended over all others with little controversy.
Fritz Reiner"s timing is only about a minute longer than Boulez, and that was considered a fast performance in
its day. This was my preferred version for many years and is a very dramatic, intense, recording and the dynamic
range is exceptional, stretching the bounds of the recording medium with some slight distortion on loud passages.
His soprano Lisa Della Casa sings with intelligence and animation but has a little difficulty with pitch in the
unaccompanied phrases.
Tilson-Thomas"s recording, praised for good SACD recording, but criticised for erratic and slow tempi, has not
made many short-lists. No one has overly praised the soloist. I have not had the chance to hear it through myself
on my SACD set-up.
Missing from our list is a recording by Mahler"s friend and champion Hermann Scherchen. He didn"t care for this
work, performed it rarely and never recorded it. We are left with the Bruno Walter versions to give us our only
entrée to the intimate world of Mahler"s own preferences.
Silverline have promised us to release the widely praised Abravanel recording on a DVD-Audio soon. Netania
Davrath has a pretty, elegant voice, perhaps, like Kathleen Battle, almost too pretty. My recollection of the
Abravanel recording is that the voice is too far forward, but I do not have a copy at hand for direct comparison.
I believe that recording was originally a two channel master.
This Boulez recording has a certain French elegance to it, and this is the only one of Mahler"s symphonies where
that would be any kind of advantage. This is now my preferred version of this work. I first heard it as a CD, and
then on this SACD pressing; the clarity and orchestral detail are superb, the dynamic range perhaps slightly
reduced. This is the only SACD I have seen where they actually give the resolution: 44.1/24bit, and it shows. A
DVD-audio would give us better than that, at least 48/24 or 96/24. If I were to find a flaw in this performance,
I would say that frequently the conductor is just a little too quick on the pick-up. I think this is one of the
fastest Mahler Fourths on disk today, however there is no sense of being rushed, it is just that when the phrase
reaches a point of repose calling for a momentary pause, a relaxation of tension, the resumption of forward
motion feels slightly abrupt. It is the sort of thing that could have been done by the producer and editor after
the recording was in the can, although I don"t think they would dare tamper in this manner with the work of a
conductor of Boulez"s stature.
The soprano, Juliane Banse, is fine, singing with care, intelligence, and grace, but she is not spectacular. The
ideal voice for this part - bright, naive, childlike - remains an unfulfilled quest.
曲目:
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Pierre Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra
Juliane Banse (soprano), William Preusil (cello)
01. Bedächtig, nicht eilen (Moderately, not rushed) (Sonata Form)
02. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast (Leisurely moving, without haste) (Scherzo & Trio)
03. Ruhevoll, poco adagio (Peacefully, somewhat slowly) (Theme & Variations)
04. Sehr behaglich (Very comfortably) (Strophic) VIP用户可直接查看以下付费内容，报错点这里
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