Musik / klassiske symfonier

Symphony no. 2


Anmeldelser (32)


AllMusic

2011

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Blair Sanderson

2011

"But in a market that is full of great, even legendary, performances of Brahms' symphonies - many as sets of all four masterpieces - this pairing seems only average and not much of an enticement to purchase".


Classics today

2021

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David Hurwitz

2021

"Herbert Blomstedt's new recording of the Brahms Second Symphony and Academic Festival Overture improves markedly on his prior Gewandhaus Orchestra version of Symphony No. 1. That previous release was frankly dull. While not perfect, this performance of the Second has plenty of the impetus and energy lacking in its predecessor-at least after the first movement. Here, unfortunately, for all the care Blomstedt takes with balances and with maintaining the long, singing line, we find the same softness of attack and diffuseness of rhythm as previously. In short, the whole thing sounds too "nice," especially in the development section's gnarly passages involving the trombones ... Others may not share my reservations regarding the first movement, but regardless, it's clear that Blomstedt is still a force to be reckoned with, even at such an advanced age".


AllMusic

2021

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James Manheim

2021

"The Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, of which Blomstedt is conductor laureate, has the Brahms Second in its bones and responds readily to what Blomstedt asks. The PentaTone label's live sound from the Gewandhaus is impressively clear. Age is nothing but a number".


Klassik heute

d. 13. feb. 2018

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Rasmus van Rijn

d. 13. feb. 2018

"Dausgaard und das Schwedische Kammerorchester könnten mit diesen drei Arrangements bei jedem Kur- oder Neujahrskonzert den Vogel abschiessen: Pfiffige Effekte, witzig, schmissig, köstlich akzentuiert - kurzum, ein kleines, knallbuntes Feuerwerk, das hoffentlich bei den nächsten Produktionen seine Fortsetzung erfährt".


Classics today

2018

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David Hurwitz

2018

"This latest installment in Thomas Dausgaard's ongoing effort to downsize the romantic symphonic repertoire isn't as bad as some of his previous releases, but it's nothing special either ... Here and elsewhere, the smaller forces of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra mean that at pianissimo dynamic levels the thread of the musical argument disappears nearly entirely, along with its natural expressivity ... The playing is excellent, the engineering superb, but it's all in a lost cause".


NDR.de

d. 6. okt. 2017

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Marcus Stäbler

d. 6. okt. 2017

"Die Berliner Philharmoniker spielen flächig, ernst und weihevoll, fast wie in einer Kathedrale ... Trotz ihres heiteren Grundtons ist die zweite Sinfonie alles andere als eine musikalische Postkartenidylle ... Järvi lauscht diesen leisen Klängen mit seinem eingespielten Team sensibel nach, vergisst dabei aber nicht die sinfonische Wucht, die Brahms ja auch auszeichnet ... So vital und mitreissend wie die zweite Sinfonie klingen auch die beiden kürzeren Orchesterstücke, die das Programm abrunden".


The observer

d. 29. maj 2021

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Fiona Maddocks

d. 29. maj 2021

"His Brahms Symphony No 2 & Academic Festival Overture with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is fresh, lithe and generous, and surpasses this partnership's first in the cycle, Symphony No 1 & Tragic Overture ... Brahms's Symphony No 2 (1877) shares some of the glowing melancholy of the Violin Concerto ... This is the mood Blomstedt favours in the warm, flowing contours of the opening Allegro, with transparency and attack shaping the other three movements ... In the Academic Festival Overture, the orchestra - of which Brahms himself was once conductor - plays with brilliant energy and finesse".


MusicWeb international

2021 March

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David McDade

2021 March

"I see no reason to turn this review into a beauty parade. It is one of the clearest signs of a great piece of music that there can be so many different ways of playing it. I am happy to welcome this new recording into the company of the best of the past - Walter, Jochum and Monteux - as well as the present - conductors like Chailly and Ticciati. It certainly deserves its place amongst that elite group. Above else, this is a deeply satisfying listen and I am thrilled at the prospect of Nos 3 and 4 still to come".


Politiken

d. 24. mar. 2009

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Thomas Michelsen

d. 24. mar. 2009

"Igen må den varme ende af hjerteskalaen i brug. Ikke bare spiller orkestret nemlig sprødt og klart, så Brahms finder frisk ind i øregangen. Der er også så meget styr på den musikalske linjeføring og samtidig så meget agt for traditionen, at jeg har svært ved at forestille mig den Brahmsfan, der ikke vil elske at få Gardiners version af Brahms' relativt lyse 2. symfoni i D-dur forærende".


Politiken

d. 28. nov. 2017

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Thomas Michelsen

d. 28. nov. 2017

"Man kan nærmest kigge ind mellem noderne, når Paavo Järvi dirigerer Brahms' 2. Symfoni. Fortolkningen med det tyske mellemstørrelseorkester fra Bremen er intens og koncentreret ... Man tvinges til at lytte, og de to flotte strunke ouverturer - Tragisk ouverture og Akademisk festouverture - lover begge godt for fortsættelsen på denne første del af en ny komplet serie ... Men mere retning og mindre hyperfølsomhed ville ikke gøre noget".


Politiken

d. 13. mar. 2007

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Thomas Michelsen

d. 13. mar. 2007


Jyllands-posten

d. 16. apr. 2008

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John Christiansen

d. 16. apr. 2008


Jyllands-posten

d. 14. dec. 2005

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John Christiansen

d. 14. dec. 2005

"Det virker alt sammen fornuftigt og godt, varmt og naturligt".


Fono Forum

2006 Mai

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Giselher Schubert

2006 Mai

"Dem entspricht in diesen bemerkenswerten Brahms-Einspielungen ein Interpretationstendenz, welche die musikalisch-materiale Beschaffenheit der Werke mit bestechender Deutlichkeit nach aussen kehrt und erfahrbar macht ... Die Einspielungen der ... Haydn-Variationen lassen mit ihren sehr zügigen Tempi und der makellosen Spielkultur des SWR-Sinfonieorchesters hingegen keine Wünsche offen".


Diapason

2011 mars

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Thierry Soveaux

2011 mars


Fono Forum

2017 November

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Andreas Friesenhagen

2017 November

"Empfehlungen des Monats: Nun also Brahms ... Er belässt es nicht beim heiteren Naturidyll, jenem Deutungsmuster, das sich in vielen Aufführungen etabliert hat. Für ihn ist die Zweite ein kontroverses, kein moderates Werk, jedenfalls eins, das mehr als nur eine einzige Stimmungslage transportiert ... durch den hochverdichteten Zugriff Järvis und das fokussierte Spiel seiner Kammerphilharmonie deutlich hervortreten".


BBC music magazine

2021 June

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Misha Donat

2021 June

"Orchestral choice: Blomstedt takes a decidedly autumnal view of Brahms's Second Symphony - and he has every right to do so ... His lingering account of the first movement alone occupies well over 20 minutes ... With glowing playing throughout from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra it's hard not to enjoy this affectionate and superbly recorded new version. The Academic Festival Overture ... makes an ideal companion piece".


BBC music magazine

2018 March

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Erica Jeal

2018 March

"They play with a transparency that makes the inner lines sing but with a burgeoning weight and warmth that is always ready to be unleashed. Dausgaard is as ever a propulsive driving force, and he subtly brings out the unpredictable elements ... The orchestra doesn't always achieve an ideal crispness, and spirit sometimes wins out over precision, but the sense of exuberant momentum that Dausgaard and his orchestra generate together is always winning".


Politiken

d. 22. aug. 1999

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BBC music magazine

2009 April

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Stephen Johnson (f. 1955)

2009 April

"The two most interesting offerings here are the Symphony and that wonderful Schubertian one-off Gesang der Geister ... The sound of the woodwind section, too, is fresh and well balanced".


The gramophone

2009 May

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Richard Osbourne

2009 May

"A dramatic, unsettling approach to the Second, but Gadiner can be ynielding".


Diapason

2014 novembre

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Thierry Soveaux

2014 novembre

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or".


The gramophone

2015 January

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Richard Osborne (f. 1943)

2015 January

"For some, the symphony is more an essay in sunshine and shadow ... this wonderfully lucid and finely realised reading does not suppress these elements".


International record review

2015 February

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Robert Matthew-Walker

2015 February

"This is a spacious and dignified performance of Brahms's Second Symphony ... Throughout Fischer secures an excellently controlled reading, one which is at all times warm and affectionate ... All in all, these are profoundly musical readings, by no means at any time 'run of the mill', which form a most desirable recording".


The gramophone

2005 December

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Calum MacDonals

2005 December

"At its budget price this is an entirely recommendable version ... I would still go for Abbado's sumptuous warmth and rhythmic alertness, bul Alsop is proving herself a Brahmsian of sterling quality and the sound quality is excellent".


The gramophone

2006 January

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Richard Osborne (f. 1943)

2006 January

"This is a late-summer idyll of a performance easily paced, nicely judged and warmly played. For first-time buyers it will provide unalloyed pleasure; for older hands it will satisfy without necessarily enlightening or surprising".


Opus

2021, nr. 106

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Axel Lindhe

2021, nr. 106

"Leipzigorkesterns härliga sound passar Brahms som hand i handske och Blomstedt svarar för en tolkning där den lyriska och trösterika musiken verkligen får sjunga. Finalen är något extra - det var länge sedan jag hörde den spelas med sådan kontrastrikedom och glöd!".


The gramophone

2021 July

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Andrew Farach-Colton

2021 July

"Throughout, the Leipzig orchestra play magnificently and, to my ears, with far more depth and character than they did for Chailly in his Gramophone Award-winning set".


Jyllands-posten

d. 4. maj 1999

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Opus

2018, nr. 80

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Axel Lindhe

2018, nr. 80

"Dausgaards approach på musiken känns igen från många tidigare inspelningar: det här är Brahms i nyinköpta jogginskor, med spänstighet och svikt i steget och med en transparens och fräschör som känns uppfriskande - specielt finalsatsen vibrerar med driv och intensitet ... Som extranummer bjuds även på Akademisk festouvertyr, som i likhet med symfonin spelas med sprudlande energi och framåtande".


The gramophone

2018 February

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Rob Cowan (f. 1948)

2018 February

"The makeweights are interesting, the Variations at their best where the music is berezy and swift ... The SACD sound is superb and the excellent booklet noteas are by Horst A. Scholz".



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