Respighi / Hindemith / Schmitt: Sascha Goetzel conducts Respighi, Hindemith & Schmitt
Onyx - ONYX 4048Hindemith:
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Respighi:
Belkis, Queen of Sheba - orchestral suite
Schmitt, F:
La Tragédie de Salome
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Respighi:
Belkis, Queen of Sheba - orchestral suite
Schmitt, F:
La Tragédie de Salome
The debut recording by the remarkable Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra and their young Austrian music director Sascha Goetzel. The programme showcases this young orchestra to maximum effect and contains works that all have links with either Turkey or the Orient.
Respighi’s vibrant and superbly orchestrated ballet Belkis, Queen of Sheba depicts belkis at the court of King Solomon. The frenzied war dance, complete with Arab percussion is an orchestral tour de force. Hindemith visited Istanbul many times, and his Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by Weber uses themes that Weber had composed for his incidental music to a play on the subject of Turandot, the Persian princess. Florent Schmitt’s opulent late romantic ballet The Tragedy of Salome (1907) was praised by Stravinsky ‘God, how fine it is! It is one of the greatest masterpieces of modern music’ praise indeed from the composer of Firebird.
The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic will be opening one of the world’s major music festivals in 2010 – more information to follow, and also plays a major role at the international Istanbul Festival, performing with artists such as Juan Diego Florez, and Elina Garanca and Maxim Vengerov.
Sascha Goetzel was for many years a member of the Wiener Philharmoniker.
The Times
3rd April 2010
****
“Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber come with a meaty oomph that sometimes conflicts with clarity. But they are still hugely enjoyable, as is Respighi’s ballet suite Belkis, Queen of Sheba. The recording is very vivid.”
The Guardian
1st April 2010
***
“The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic sounds a much more than competent orchestra and the three works make a colourful, well-contrasted sequence...Respighi's Belkis is the genuine rarity here...As lusciously scored as one would expect from Respighi, it is really an exercise in faux orientalism”
Gramophone Magazine
June 2010
“Drawing polished playing from the orchestra, Vienna-born conductor Sascha Goetzel could hardly be more persuasive in all three works, which are treated to a brilliant, well-balanced recording to match.”
BBC Music Magazine
June 2010
****
“Goetzel calibrates dynamic terracing particularly deftly [in the Hindemith scherzo]...[He] also excels in Florent Schmitt's festeringly erotic Tragedy of Salome...drawing playing of hot commitment and intensity from the orchestra...a notably impressive calling-card, in a refreshingly unhackneyed choice of repertoire.”
Respighi’s vibrant and superbly orchestrated ballet Belkis, Queen of Sheba depicts belkis at the court of King Solomon. The frenzied war dance, complete with Arab percussion is an orchestral tour de force. Hindemith visited Istanbul many times, and his Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by Weber uses themes that Weber had composed for his incidental music to a play on the subject of Turandot, the Persian princess. Florent Schmitt’s opulent late romantic ballet The Tragedy of Salome (1907) was praised by Stravinsky ‘God, how fine it is! It is one of the greatest masterpieces of modern music’ praise indeed from the composer of Firebird.
The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic will be opening one of the world’s major music festivals in 2010 – more information to follow, and also plays a major role at the international Istanbul Festival, performing with artists such as Juan Diego Florez, and Elina Garanca and Maxim Vengerov.
Sascha Goetzel was for many years a member of the Wiener Philharmoniker.
The Times
3rd April 2010
****
“Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber come with a meaty oomph that sometimes conflicts with clarity. But they are still hugely enjoyable, as is Respighi’s ballet suite Belkis, Queen of Sheba. The recording is very vivid.”
The Guardian
1st April 2010
***
“The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic sounds a much more than competent orchestra and the three works make a colourful, well-contrasted sequence...Respighi's Belkis is the genuine rarity here...As lusciously scored as one would expect from Respighi, it is really an exercise in faux orientalism”
Gramophone Magazine
June 2010
“Drawing polished playing from the orchestra, Vienna-born conductor Sascha Goetzel could hardly be more persuasive in all three works, which are treated to a brilliant, well-balanced recording to match.”
BBC Music Magazine
June 2010
****
“Goetzel calibrates dynamic terracing particularly deftly [in the Hindemith scherzo]...[He] also excels in Florent Schmitt's festeringly erotic Tragedy of Salome...drawing playing of hot commitment and intensity from the orchestra...a notably impressive calling-card, in a refreshingly unhackneyed choice of repertoire.”
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