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Label Challenge Classics |
UPC 0608917253221 |
Catalogue number CC 72532 |
Release date 24 November 2011 |
""There is a lot in the sonics and basic approach to Beethoven in this disc that may serve that later work very well.""
Fanfare, 01-11-2016Sprankelende vertolking van Beethoven
“A lively approach is taken by de Vriend, and there is a palpable sense of energy in every phrase.” − MusicWeb International, mei 2012
Dit album is een verfrissende nieuwe opname van de symfonieën van Beethoven, gezien door de ogen van dirigent Jan Willem de Vriend en zijn Orkest van het Oosten. De Vriends naam is inmiddels wereldwijd bekend en deze Beethovenserie is een mooie muzikale handtekening waarmee de Vriend en zijn orkest zichzelf onsterfelijk maken. Dit is niet alleen een zeer muzikale interpretatie; hij is ook gebaseerd op musicologisch onderzoek en op de kennis van de periode waarin Beethoven leefde. Het is een opname vol energie, waarin elke noot wordt gespeeld met een sprankelende intensiteit.
De Vriend is sinds 2006 chef dirigent bij het Orkest van het Oosten, dat internationaal bekend is onder de naam Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. Tevens was hij tot 2015 artistiek leider en violist van het door hem opgerichte Combattimento Consort Amsterdam. Hij heeft zich sinds het seizoen 2013-2014 volledig gericht op zijn activiteiten als dirigent. De Vriend is gastdirigent geweest bij toonaangevende orkesten in zowel binnen- als buitenland, waaronder het Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest en het Konzerthaus Orchester van Berlijn.
Jan Willem de Vriend is the artistic director of Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and since 2006 the chief conductor and artistic director of the NetherlandsSymphony Orchestra.
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam devotes itself to the music of about 1600 to 1830. Since its founding in 1982, it has performed virtually throughout the world as well as on many CDs, DVDs and television productions.
Since De Vriend was named chief conductor in 2006, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra has become a notable phenomenon on the Netherlands’ musical scene. It has presented semi-scenic performances of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss and Mendelssohn. There were premieres of works by Offenbach, Say and Mahler. And by substituting historical instruments in the brass section, it has developed its own distinctive sound in the 18th- and 19th-century repertoire. Recently, the orchestra performed music by Schumann at festivals in Spain. The release of Beethoven’s complete symphonies, conducted by De Vriend, is a big project which starts with the release of this current CD. Also the orchestra's long Mahler tradition is being continued in recordings and tours.
De Vriend has been a guest conductor with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hague Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, as well as orchestras in Germany, Sweden and Australia. He is often invited to conduct both in the Netherlands and abroad. He has engagements pending, for example, with The Hague Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as well as orchestras in China, Germany, Austria and Italy.
The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra with passion, commitment and virtuosity. The orchestra serves the province of Overijssel with concert series in Enschede, Hengelo, Zwolle and Deventer. Another important role for the orchestra is accompanying De Nationale Reisopera andprovincial choral societies. Working with top musicians from all over the world has contributed towards the orchestra achieving its aim of bringing concerts of the highest quality to a broad public. Important conductors for the orchestra were Ed Spanjaard, Rudolf Barshai, Martin Panteleev, Mark Shanahan, Vasili Petrenko and Otto Tausk. Jaap Van Zweden made an indelible impression during his period as chief conductor and set the orchestra well and truly on the map. He will return frequently as guest conductor. Many great international soloists have worked with the orchestra – Gidon Kremer, Natalia Gutman, Heinrich Schiff, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Charlotte Margiono to name a few.
"There is a lot in the sonics and basic approach to Beethoven in this disc that may serve that later work very well."
Fanfare, 01-11-2016
de Vriend takes A lively approach to this music, and there us a palpable sense of energy in every phrase.
Classical CD Reviews, 18-5-2012