Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & John Axelrod
Release Date: 07 October 2013
Label: Telarc
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 888072346581
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
In an intriguing new concept for Telarc Classics, American conductor John Axelrod explores the music that surrounded the relationship between Johannes Brahms and the woman he loved, Clara Schumann. For this, the first release in the series, the Second and Fourth Symphonies are coupled with lieder by Clara sung by Nicole Cabell and Indra Thomas while Axelrod accompanies on the piano. The symphonies feature Axelrod conducting the Grammy Award-winning Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.
Conductor John Axelrod believes that each of Brahms' four symphonies inhabits a completely different, though connected, character. He has also come to the conclusion that the songs of Clara Schumann likewise fall clearly into four similar moods, and that they strongly reflect Clara's own personality. That being the case, according to Axelrod it is possible to see the four Brahms symphonies as portraits of Clara and the same four different aspects of her character.
John Axelrod is Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, as well as Music Director of the Orchestre National des Pays et des Loire. A former pupil of Leonard Bernstein, he is one of today's most in-demand conductors. Recent recordings have included a much-praised disc of music by Berlioz and Ravel with Veronique Gens and the ONPL for Ondine Classics, the album American Serenade also with the ONPL and violinist Rachel Kolly d'Alba for Warner Classics, and Gorecki's Third Symphony with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra for Sony Classical.
Personnel: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, John Axelrod (conductor, piano), Indra Thomas, Nicole Cabell (soprano)
Tracklisting
Christoph von Dohnányi
Christoph von Dohnányi
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel
Yoel Levi & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Jacques Loussier Trio
Lang Lang
Andre Previn & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel
Anna Gourari, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Markus Poschner
Vladimir Delman; Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers; Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai; New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Johanna Domotor; Meesun Hong Coleman; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
Josef Krips
Atalanta Fugiens Orchestra; Vanni Moretto
