Rakmaninov - L'isola dei Morti - Gergiev parte03

[LJBSasha]

The newer comments are simply updates to what were posted 2 years ago - the basic substance thereof remains the same...

[pitagora79]

2:30

Dies irae, dies illa, dies tribulationis et angustiae, dies calamitatis et miseriae, dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nebulae et turbinis, dies tubae et clangoris super civitates munitas et super angulos excelsos.

[mrmolinodelahoz]

At 2.38 please notice the resemplance to De Falla´s nights in the gardens of Spain.

[Mozart61]

Secondo me,insieme alle Danze Sinfoniche,il suo ultimo lavoro,questo è il miglior Rachmaninov.Travolgente,ispira­to,appassionato.Un grande poema sinfonico.Ottimo gergiev,ma forse questo non è propriamente il repertorio migliore dei wiener....

[JorPove]

Gergiev representa la musica, el esfuerzo de un grupo selecto de intelectuales postsovieticos y anti stalinistas dedicados a rescatar y difundir la labor de creadores rusos.

La fama de Gergiev se debe a la pasion con la cual ha emprendido esta "cruzada" y la lectura de las obras que interpreta representan el modo autentico

ruso de goce estetico de estas obras.

Estimo que las criticas a sus " tempos" y modalidad de ejecucion estan fuera de lugar. Es un director de primera linea.

[LJBSasha]

Also a strong strike against this broadcast is the way the breaks are placed, with no real caring about interrupting the actual musical flow!!!

All in all, rather disappointing. Three stars out of five (2.5 even/5, rounded to 3...).

[arabesque1981]

And could you explain us what the hell Rach music should not be brutal ????!!! Because it should ! This performance is amazing !

Ashkenazy's one is wrong ! Because too slow and not enough passionate...

[LJBSasha]

Another performance (live and although somewhat lacklustre at times on the orchestra's part) available at this time on YouTube (James Edward Gardner conducting) at over 24 minutes is REALLY slow, yet the tempo doesn't feel bad in the main section! [Alas, by blocking me over minor things, he showed just how ultra-sensitive if not over-egotistical he is!]

There is brutality, and then there is brutality: Gjérgijev has the wrong type in it, compared to Ashkenazy, with all due respect!

[LJBSasha]

Gjérgijev in this music misses a lot of the subtleties and atmosphere that Ashkenazy captures 25 years ago on his Decca/London recording with the Amsterday Concertgebouw. It even feels brashly BRUTAL - OK with Prokófjjev or perhaps Shostakóvich but definitely out of place with the openly Late-Romantic Rakhmáñinov!!! All the wonderful playing of the Vienna Philharmonic can't gloss over this interpretation being simply PLAIN WRONG!!!!

C-

At least the audience is wonderfully well-behaved!!

[peterlunow]

@arabesque1981

I totally agree with you!

[LJBSasha]

@arabesque1981: If you think Ashkenazy is too slow, try Gielen's reading (alas, no longer present on YouTube) or Gardner. That one's marginally slower (I hope one day to hear Priwin {Prévin} to see how he does things - based on his recording of the 2nd Symphony of the same composer, it well could be magisterial!), and although it misses a few of the points Ashkenazy catches, it actually isn't bad either...

Either way, we may have to agree to disagree ("v'kús i cvjet továrishchi ñet").

[99ennea99]

Ci sono musiche e quadri che giustificano in pieno l'essere artista. Qui Rakmaninoff rappresenta l'austera tristezza della nostra anima durante il viaggio per e da "L'isola dei morti", ovvero questo piano dell'esistere.

Grazie per avere reso possibile l'ascolto di questo autentico testamento.

[arok100]

finale glorioso. bravo Gergiev