Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Octet (豆瓣)

表演者: James Ehnes / Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy / Musicians of the Seattle Chamber Music Society
流派: 古典
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: CD
发行时间: 2011-01-11
出版者: Onyx
唱片数: 1
条形码: 0880040406020

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8.7

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　　"Bringing something new to established repertoire: surely that's the ultimate test of any artist. If so, James Ehnes has done it again...The first thing that hits you about Ehnes's reading is the rhythmic propulsion of the concertos outer movements, which lifts the music, revealing its glorious bone structure...there is so much compelling, beautifully observed phrasing that t... (展开全部) 　　"Bringing something new to established repertoire: surely that's the ultimate test of any artist. If so, James Ehnes has done it again...The first thing that hits you about Ehnes's reading is the rhythmic propulsion of the concertos outer movements, which lifts the music, revealing its glorious bone structure...there is so much compelling, beautifully observed phrasing that the effect is instead completely uplifting. It's there again in the first movement of the Octet, and once more the sense is of a joyous, exhilarating ride rather than anything overly driven. Ehnes is a musician of consummate imagination (and technique!) coupled with a lack of ego that is completely winning. just sample the way he he and his Seattle Chamber Music colleagues judge the coda of the Octet's Allegro moderato ma con fuoco. Con fuoco indeed.
　　EDITOR'S CHOICE (Gramophone, February 2011)
　　"Ehnes played the Mendelssohn to packed houses last season and this recording from the Warwick Arts Centre captures his technically immaculate, precise style, matched by the orchestra's delicate restraint. The brisk immediacy of the opening Allegro gives Ehnes a chance to show off his brilliant passage work from the start. He is utterly in charge yet never sacrifices expressiveness for precision and technical excellence. The orchestra is on impeccable form under Ashkenazy, playing with a lyrical lightness and unfettered transparency which is captured in a well-balanced and finely detailed live recording that brings an added sense of spontaneity. The Octet has rarely sounded more symphonic as Ehnes and his Seattle friends demonstrate all the energy and wit of chamber playing at its most dazzling."
　　(Classic FM, March 2011)
　　“English has too few superlatives to describe the musicianship of James Ehnes. Disc after disc and concert after concert prove him to be - as British virtuoso Jack Liebeck described him - ‘bullet proof’. With spotless intonation, a ravishing tone and an incomparable fleetness of finger, Ehnes combines his impeccable technique with a profundity of understanding that is unmatchable. He brings off the flashy outer movements with seemingly no effort, as if the music just flowed out of his body like water. And then there’s the stunning middle movement. Never in my 47 years have I heard such gorgeous sounds rendered with such tenderness and depth of emotion. He is joined by an outstanding group of Seattle musicians for a fine performance of the youthfully exuberant Octet. ...it is evident that the rapport between these players is of the highest order. Splendid ensemble is combined with a richness of tone that is a joy to hear. It just doesn’t get any better than this.”
　　RECORDING OF THE MONTH (MusicWeb International, February 2011)
　　"Ehnes’ sweet, soaring solo, immaculate intonation and sensitive phrasing is beautifully matched by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. It’s coupled with the Mendelssohn Octet from a concert in Seattle...relaxed, summery sound with plenty of weight from the lower strings and muscular energy when needed. An excellent package from Onyx Classics.”
　　(BBC Radio 3 CD Review, 5 February 2011)
　　"From his very first entry in the Concerto, James Ehnes draws us into Mendelssohn's magic world of simplicity, melancholy and elegance. From here the virtuoso passages spring like some natural, organic growth, in no way underplayed , but with a sense of rightness, that they could not conceivably be other than they are. Throughout, Ehnes's sweet, unforced tone is a pure delight."
　　5 stars (BBC Music Magazine, January 2011)
　　"His new Mendelssohn disc is simply irresistible, putting a zestful concerto (with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra) alongside a frolicsome ride through the composer's younger-than-springtime Octet."
　　(New Zealand Herald, 18 December 2010)
　　“James Ehnes consolidates his position as one of the most sublime and stylish of musicians on this new recording… Ehnes’s gorgeous, supple tone is combined with that instinct for a composer’s distinctive character that makes his interpretations so compelling. The finely spun lyrical lines of the central slow movement are played with unaffected but subtle beauty, complemented by the eloquence of phrasing in the Philharmonia Orchestra. Ehnes’s innate sensibility draws him into the music’s milieu for a performance that is outstanding and unreservedly recommended. To have Mendelssohn’s precociously gifted Octet of 1825 as a companion piece makes it even more attractive, especially when it is played with such taste and zest.”
　　CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK | 5 stars (The Telegraph, November 2010)
　　“Brisk tempi mark out James Ehnes's reading of Mendelssohn's perennial concerto; there is nothing cloying or sentimental, even in the luscious slow movement where lesser violinists are tempted to wallow. Instead, he gives a beautifully sincere, unaffected performance, with Ashkenazy restricting the Philharmonia to the lightest of accompaniment. And Ehnes joins other north American string players in a fizzing account of the glorious Octet.”
　　(Guardian, November 2010)
　　"Great Canadian violinist James Ehnes is in full, smooth, understated splendour in the perennial-favourite Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn... Ehnes's bowing technique is preternaturally smooth as he weaves musical magic... One couldn't ask for a finer interpretation of the solo part... A special treat is Mendelssohn's gorgeous Octet, where Ehnes blends in perfectly with the elegant playing of seven members of the Seattle Chamber Music Society."
　　(Toronto Star, 29 November 2010)
　　"If I were to try to make a music-lover of someone, I think I would put this recording under his Christmas tree. The clarity, directness, and natural elegance of James Ehnes are so in line with the Mendelssohn concerto that it seems like a simple and obvious fit."
　　(ClassicsToday France, November 2010)