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  • An MVD Exclusive
  • SKU: BMCCD012
  • Format: CD
  • UPC: 5998309300127
  • Street Date: 08/08/98
  • PreBook Date: 01/01/01
  • Label: BMC Records »
  • Genre: Classical
  • Run Time: 53 mins
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Year of Production: 1991
  • Box Lot: 25
  • Territory: NA,GB,AU

 

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Strauss, Richard / Honegger, Arthur / Bergel, Erich - Metamorphoses / Symphony No. 2

This album is one of three recordings Erich Bergel made in his lifetime.

Strauss, Richard / Honegger, Arthur / Bergel, Erich - Metamorphoses / Symphony No. 2
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The coupling of the two works appearing on this CD is justified by their compatibility: Metamorphoses is Richard Strauss's monumental lament, the most significant of late absolute music pieces, while Arthur Honegger's Symphony No.2 is one of the most ascetic pieces of his oeuvre, bearing the message of humanity overcoming barbarism.

Track Listing

    • Metamorphoses
    • Symphony No. 2: I. Molto moderato / Allegro
    • Symphony No. 2: II. Adagio mesto
    • Symphony No. 2: III. Vivace, non troppo

    Press Quotes

    Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen, with its circular sequences and self-referential passages, needs imaginative phrasing combined with a driving impetus if it's not to sound like your CD player got stuck in a repeat loop somewhere in the middle. Barbirolli and the Philharmonia fill the bill nicely, as do Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic; Erich Bergel's reading gets lost in the woods about halfway through. He sets a basic slow tempo and pretty much holds unyieldingly to it, leaving us to find our own way through Strauss' meandering score. Nevertheless, the Camerata Transsylvanica plays beautifully throughout, even if it doesn't match the stunning sheen cultivated by the Berlin Philharmonic strings for Karajan. I'm afraid Bergel gets trounced again by Karajan in Honegger's Symphony No. 2. Bergel's stodgy tempos and foursquare phrasing make the music sound unduly sluggish, and though his orchestra's reduced forces yield greater clarity, they lack the dramatic heft that makes the Berlin performance so gripping. The somewhat shallow recorded sound doesn't help matters. For these two works you're better off with separate discs.

         — Victor Carr Jr. , ClassicsToday.com

      

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