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Reviews (5)
MusicWeb international
2020 October
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Stephen Greenbank
2020 October
"Between 1989 and 1996, Neeme Järvi recorded the four symphonies of Franz Schmidt for Chandos. This traversal got the positive thumbs up from my colleague Rob Barnett, who enthusiastically lauded it as "a connoisseur's choice" back in 2009. Now, Järvi's son Paavo has waded in with his own cycle, this time with live performances for the DG label ... Comparing the cycles of father and son, tempi don't appear to be wildly different, and the playing on both the Chandos and DG sets is exceptional by any standards. However, I have to say that I have an overall preference for this new release with Paavo Järvi and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony. The sound has an added glow and depth, and there is greater definition and potency. So, it goes to the top of my list of recommendations for this symphonic cycle".
The Classic Review
d. 2. Oct. 2020
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David A. McConnell
d. 2. Oct. 2020
"This incredible music deserves and benefits from different interpretive views. Any lover of late-Romantic music will want this set, supplementing it with Neeme Järvi's second and Zubin Mehta's fourth. But if forced to choose only one cycle, this would now be a primary recommendation".
BBC music magazine
2020 Christmas
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Erik Levi
2020 Christmas
"Järvi is an almost ideal interpreter of this composer, not only managing to bring transparency and luminosity to Schmidt's often thickly textured orchestration, but also keeping a tight rein on the structural direction of works that in lesser hands can seem to meander ... Best of all is his deeply committed account of the Fourth ... It proves to be a gripping musical experience from first bar to last".
Fono Forum
2020 November
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Andreas Friesenhagen
2020 November
"Järvi junior befreit Schmidt von spätromantischer Überreife ... sondern packt die vier Werke bei ihren dramatischen Möglichkeiten. Dazu setzt er die Musik permanent unter Druck und arbeitet so ihre Verwerfungen heraus ... Bei der Vierten, Schmidts wohl bedeutendster Sinfonie, schlägt Järvis Konzept dagegen an ... Järvi zieht den Hörer unwiderstehlich in die Schmerzbewältigung hinein, die Schmidt treibt. Deutlich kommen die expressionistischen Tendenzen der Sinfonie heraus, mit der Schmidt den Romantizismus eigentlich schon ad acta legt. Differenziert und druckvoll werden auch die ersten beiden Sinfonien musiziert".
The gramophone
2020 Awards
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Hugo Shirley
2020 Awards
"Recording of the month - Editor's choice: At its best this is music of great power and harmonious adventurousness, beautifully crafted and patiently built up. At other times, admittedly, it can seem to lose its way ... The achievement of Järvi and his orchestra, though, is in making it all seem necessary and inevitable: these are compelling, supremely persuasive performances that constantly underline the music's great qualities".