Symphonies nos. 4 & 5
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2019 March
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Gary Higginson
2019 March
"Recommended: With Zimmermann we have music not only of our time but also of all time; music which we might call modern but which is now fifty years old, and music, which blatantly quotes old masters. Taking Phototopsis ... we can hear Jazz rhythms, ... chaotic horrors from Beethoven's 9th Symphony ... Parsifal, the Nutcracker and possibly La Mer ... In the Die Soldaten Symphony, notably in the wild Prelude to Act II, we hear Bach again ... The Violin Concerto is less well known, and although from early in Zimmermann's career is still a tough nut to crack for the listener and certainly for the performers ... The performance is superb; Leila Josefowicz is an outstanding champion of contemporary music ... This is an outstanding release, not just the extraordinary music but also the performances".
Klassisk
2019, nr. 54
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Henrik Friis (f. 1978)
2019, nr. 54
"Lad det være sagt med det samme: Dette album med musik af den tyske modernist ... Bernd Alois Zimmermann er ikke for folk med sarte nerver. Hovedsagen er den symfoniske udgave af mandens krigsopera 'Die Soldaten' fra 1965, og det er altså en skildring, hvor den hærgede verden bøjer sig og brager løs i et surrealistisk morads af tætte og ufokuserede orkesterlyde ... Til gengæld imponerer orkesteret helt vildt ... Albummet har også plads til andre gode, brutale sager ... Det er stor klangkunst ... Det er, som om dirigent Hannu Lintu bruger orkestret som en mixerpult, hvor han drejer på effektknapper, styrke og temperament efter behag. Køb den, hvis du tør!".
Fono Forum
2019 September
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Norbert Hornig
2019 September
"Zimmermanns Violinkonzert von 1950 steht noch unter dem Einfluss von Komponisten wie Schönberg, Hindemith, Strawinsky und Bartók ... Josefowicz legt sich mit Vehemenz in die Saiten, sie ist ein Ausbund an Virtuosität, Energie und Gestaltungswille. Hier herrschen Höchsttemperaturen, mehr Expressivität ist kaum denkbar, und das Werk wird auf ein bisher nicht gehörtes Ausdrucksniveau katapultiert. Mit bohrender Intensität geht es weiter".
Diapason
2019 mai
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Gérard Condé
2019 mai
The gramophone
2019 February
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Andrew Mellor
2019 February
"In Zimmermann's Violin Concerto ... beauty is to the fore in a performance from Lelia Josefowicz that is more elasticated and lyrical (than, say, Thomas Zehetmair - ECM) while the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra are more sharp-edged and immediate (than Zehetmair's WDR Symphony Orchestra). Josefowicz plays the rumba finale with notable grit ... Every Zimmermann recording is one to be welcomed but this one is delicious in its variance".