베토벤: 교향곡 전집 (일반판)
GOL/리카르도 샤이
드디어 올 것이 왔다. 게반트하우스라는 독일의 가장 유서 깊은 오케스트라의 음악감독을 맡게되었기에 샤이의 베토벤 사이클은 이미 많은 기대를 얻고 있었다. 이미 십수년 전 콘서트헤보와 함께 만들었던 브람스 사이클이 좋은 평가를 얻고 있었기에 게반트하우스의 독일적인 사운드를 이끄는 샤이의 베토벤은 더욱 기대가 클 수 밖에 없다. 샤이와 라이프치히는 이 프로젝트를 위해 수 년 동안 콘서트를 병행하며 준비했고, 시대악기 연주 못지 않게 템포, 아티큘레이션 등에 많은 신경을 썼다. 8곡의 서곡이 교향곡과 함께 수록되어 있으며, 매력적인 가격으로 제공된다.


Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Fidelio Overture Op. 72c
Egmont Overture, Op. 84
The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113
Zur Namensfeier overture, Op. 115
König Stephan Overture, Op. 117

Gramophone Magazine Disc of the Month - Awards Issue 2011


BBC Daniel Ross 26th October 2011
“Readings focused entirely on the composer, not on debating how things ‘should’ sound...The playing is responsive and immaculate throughout, forming the backbone of Chailly’s brilliantly authentic crib-sheet of a symphony cycle.”


Gramophone Awards Issue 2011
“Chailly's first recorded Beethoven cycle shows him to be a Classicist through and through...There is also a lovely Italianate cantabile which period strings would find it impossible (and possibly undesirable) to match...The recordings, I should add, are superb...There is space around the sound, as there needs to be in Beethoven, complemented by an immediacy and clarity of detail that derives in large measure from the playing itself.”


The Sunday Times 23rd October 2011
“His Beethoven represents a confrontation of tradition...with innovative ideas...From the outset, it is clear that Chailly’s Beethoven will be an exhilarating adventure: closely observing the once-controversial metronome markings, he conducts the fast movements of the C and D major symphonies with Haydnesque wit and brio...The breathtaking finale of No 8 is the most exciting I have heard on disc.”


The Guardian 3rd November 2011 *****
“This is above all, an explosively swift cycle. Chailly is utterly faithful to Beethoven's metronome markings...but the tautness of the playing, the definition of its detail – especially from the woodwind – and the phenomenal range of dynamics the Gewandhaus Orchestra has at its command mean that weight and drama are always available to Chailly...The result is a Beethoven cycle that's up there with the best modern-orchestra versions of recent times”


The Independent 11th November 2011 *****
“they play as if possessed: Chailly has opted to stick faithfully to the composer's original tempos. The effect is revelatory: even old warhorses such as the 5th Symphony are transformed into galloping racehorses, in thoroughbred performances befitting the pedigree of the material, restoring a dash and brio to works whose revolutionary aspects can once again be clearly glimpsed.”


The Daily Telegraph 18th November 2011 *****
“Chailly injects a colossal and thrilling urgency into the music...This is a remarkable feat, which owes much to the fabulous unanimity of the Leipzig players. Many orchestras would stumble over the finale of the Second Symphony, if taken at Chailly’s breakneck speed, but this one sails through unscathed.”