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The Waldbühne in Berlin is one of Europes ideal outdoor amphitheatres. It is home to the Berlin Philharmonics summer concerts, which are among the most popular classical events in the world, attracting audiences of 20,000 or more people.
In July 2011 the orchestra, under the ebullient direction of Riccardo Chailly, presented this concert of effervescent works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Nino Rota and Ottorino Respighi.
All three composers possessed an unerring instinct for composing music that is guaranteed to please the ear of the listener. In their own individual ways, each of them powerfully demonstrates a phenomenal handling of tone colour. Their music sparkles with light one moment and lurks in the shadows the next.
Riccardo Chailly is famous for having one of the broadest repertoires in the business, ranging from the orchestral highways of Beethoven, Brahms and Bruckner through to the 20th century byways via Bach, the core operatic repertoire and almost anything else - he is an omnivore, with the brilliance to match.
In July 2011 the orchestra, under the ebullient direction of Riccardo Chailly, presented this concert of effervescent works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Nino Rota and Ottorino Respighi.
All three composers possessed an unerring instinct for composing music that is guaranteed to please the ear of the listener. In their own individual ways, each of them powerfully demonstrates a phenomenal handling of tone colour. Their music sparkles with light one moment and lurks in the shadows the next.
Riccardo Chailly is famous for having one of the broadest repertoires in the business, ranging from the orchestral highways of Beethoven, Brahms and Bruckner through to the 20th century byways via Bach, the core operatic repertoire and almost anything else - he is an omnivore, with the brilliance to match.
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Even in the context of the long series of annual concerts from the Waldbuhne with the Berlin Philharmonic, this latest edition from 2011 must surely rank as one of the most joyous. This is in no small part due to the absolutely infectious enthusiasm of the conductor, Riccardo Chailly, who not only brings a totally professional comprehension to the scores and their delivery, he also adds that special extra ingredient - pure magic!
The title, 'Fellini, Jazz & Co', is correct in emphasising the film music element of this concert. This is a particularly true description of Nino Rota's film role as he collaborated as the composer of choice for the film director, Fellini. Chailly and the BPO give a fine performance of Rota's suite that he created from the music he previously wrote for Fellini's film, La Strada (1954). Shostakovich's Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra, also known as the Suite for Variety orchestra, is also largely made up of extracts from various films for which he wrote the music. The two encores are taken from stage works by Shostakovich and Respighi.
The main works are the two most popular of Respighi's three Roman works - The Fountains of Rome and the Pines of Rome. These are given simply wonderful interpretations with the faster sections really sizzling and the slower sections sumptuous and moving. The recording of the nightingale in The Pines of the Janiculum movement is especially effective. This is followed by The Pines of the Appian Way which finish this Roman feast at just the right speed to suggest the approaching might of the Roman army and where Respighi stated that he wanted the ground to tremble under its footsteps. Too often, sad to say, this is played just a fraction too fast and the effect is lost and is replaced by a meaningless jolly jaunt. Not so here - tremendously effective, rousing and exciting. The crowd loved it and so did I!
That leaves the recording. The quality of the imaging seems to have gone up a notch here with the crispest definition I have ever seen at this event - or possibly anywhere else, at least in my collection. The sound is presented in stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio and fully matches the splendour of the occasion. There is no doubt in my mind that this is both a particularly outstanding event and recording and, as such, surely deserves the full 5 stars. It should give purchasers enormous pleasure and satisfaction for years to come.
The title, 'Fellini, Jazz & Co', is correct in emphasising the film music element of this concert. This is a particularly true description of Nino Rota's film role as he collaborated as the composer of choice for the film director, Fellini. Chailly and the BPO give a fine performance of Rota's suite that he created from the music he previously wrote for Fellini's film, La Strada (1954). Shostakovich's Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra, also known as the Suite for Variety orchestra, is also largely made up of extracts from various films for which he wrote the music. The two encores are taken from stage works by Shostakovich and Respighi.
The main works are the two most popular of Respighi's three Roman works - The Fountains of Rome and the Pines of Rome. These are given simply wonderful interpretations with the faster sections really sizzling and the slower sections sumptuous and moving. The recording of the nightingale in The Pines of the Janiculum movement is especially effective. This is followed by The Pines of the Appian Way which finish this Roman feast at just the right speed to suggest the approaching might of the Roman army and where Respighi stated that he wanted the ground to tremble under its footsteps. Too often, sad to say, this is played just a fraction too fast and the effect is lost and is replaced by a meaningless jolly jaunt. Not so here - tremendously effective, rousing and exciting. The crowd loved it and so did I!
That leaves the recording. The quality of the imaging seems to have gone up a notch here with the crispest definition I have ever seen at this event - or possibly anywhere else, at least in my collection. The sound is presented in stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio and fully matches the splendour of the occasion. There is no doubt in my mind that this is both a particularly outstanding event and recording and, as such, surely deserves the full 5 stars. It should give purchasers enormous pleasure and satisfaction for years to come.
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