Bavarian State Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski - Brett Dean & Beethoven Orchestral Works (2022) [Official Digital Download]

The Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski, beloved of British audiences for his long stints with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne, became music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, in 2021. Suppressing any envy, we can enjoy the fruits of their collaboration in a new own-label live recording: Beethoven’s Symphony No 2 in D is paired with Brett Dean’s Testament: Music for Orchestra (2008).

The symphony, often thought small because of what came later, has a grandeur and explosive rigour, superbly brought out here. Woodwinds burst with character, especially in the third-movement Scherzo, in which Jurowski allows them full rein. Strings are agile, pinpointing every accent or dynamic, skittering madly but securely in the wild finale. Dean’s Testament, with its ghostly echoes of Beethoven, makes a striking and ideal match. Enough Beethoven symphonies out there already? Not when they are this good.

TRACKLIST

1. Bavarian State Orchestra - Testament for Orchestra (Live)
2. Bavarian State Orchestra - I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio (Live)
3. Bavarian State Orchestra - II. Larghetto (Live)
4. Bavarian State Orchestra - III. Scherzo. Allegro (Live)
5. Bavarian State Orchestra - IV. Allegro molto (Live)



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