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    Storgards, Helsinki Philharmonic - Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau, Sinfonietta (2015)

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    Storgards, Helsinki Philharmonic - Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau, Sinfonietta (2015)

    Storgards, Helsinki Philharmonic - Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau, Sinfonietta (2015)
    EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 261 MB | MP3 320Kbps CBR | 167 MB | 1 CD | Full Scans
    Genre: Classical | Label: Ondine | Catalog Number: 12375

    The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds offer a fascinating program of two major orchestral works by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942) as world premiere recordings.

    Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky
    Conductor: John Storgårds
    Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Reviews: Zemlinsky’s Die Seejungfrau has been recorded at least seven times, but this newcomer has some special qualities. It is without question the most gorgeously played and opulently engineered, which is saying a lot. After all, Chailly and the Concertgebouw (Decca) aren’t exactly slouches, and neither for that matter is Zemlinsky authority Antony Beaumont with the Czech Philharmonic (Chandos). It was Beaumont, in fact, who produced this new critical edition, restoring some five minutes of music to the central movement, including perhaps the work’s most convincing climax and interesting harmonies. So for that reason alone this performance, conducted by Storgards with 100% conviction and confidence, is worth having.

    The work itself remains problematic. Thematically it owes quite a bit to Tchaikovsky–Francesca da Rimini in its “motto” theme, and the slow movement of the Fifth Symphony elsewhere. Its three movements can very easily come off as relatively undifferentiated sonic blobs due to Zemlinsky’s habit of immediately resorting to lyrical noodling just as things start to get moving. Each part seems to end five or six times before it actually stops, with the loud closing bars of Part Two sounding especially gratuitous. But the music is so beautiful from moment to moment, and so brilliantly scored, that in a performance like this one the defects hardly matter. If you’re a fan of Seejungfrau, this is now the version to own, and if you aren’t a fan, this one might make you one.

    As to the coupling, well, here’s a story. At least two other very good recordings of Seejungfrau come in tandem with the Sinfonietta–Dausgaard’s and Conlon’s. This version, though, is the premiere recording of a recent rescoring for chamber orchestra by one Roland Freisitzer. I am not going to accuse Freisitzer of parasitically attaching himself to the coattails of the great (like Anthony Paine, for example, with his abominable Elgar Third Symphony), because no one is making a living creating alternate versions of works by Zemlinsky. On the other hand, the justification offered for disfiguring a late masterpiece by claiming to make it more playable by chamber orchestras just won’t wash, for several reasons.

    First of all, there’s plenty of great music already written for chamber orchestra. No one needs Zemlinsky’s Sinfonietta any more than we need the recent silly, pint-sized arrangement of Mahler’s Second Symphony and other such curiosities–especially on recordings. Second, Zemlinsky’s Sinfonietta is scored for a fairly modest ensemble as it is–basically only double winds and standard brass, with no tuba. Freisitzer eliminates the three percussion parts, but adds a piano, pointlessly. His choices beg the question of just what constitutes a “chamber orchestra.” After all, if the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Mario Venzago can play Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony, then Zemlinsky’s Sinfonietta certainly stands squarely within the realm of possibility. Finally, it seems singularly strange, not to say conceptually confused, to couple a carefully prepared critical edition of Seejungfrau with a mongrel deconstruction of the Sinfonietta. Do Zemlinsky’s own ideas matter or not? The scoring of the Sinfonietta, even more than with Seejungrau, constitutes one of the most telling and original aspects of the work. This was a bad idea, despite the fact that the arrangement is excellently played by Storgards and members of the Helsinki Phil.

    So because the recording of Seejungrau is so terrific, and perfectly fine recordings of the Sinfonietta are not that hard to find (including Beaumont’s, differently coupled), I am going to base the rating for this release mostly on the former, and largely ignore the latter. Seejungfrau really is that good.

    Tracklisting:

    Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) (critical edition by A. Beaumont)
    1. I. Sehr massig bewegt 00:15:48
    2. II. Sehr bewegt, rauschend 00:17:16
    3. III. Sehr gedehnt, mit schmerzvollem Ausdruck 00:14:32
    Zemlinsky, Alexander
    Freisitzer, Roland, arranger(s)
    Sinfonietta, Op. 23 (arr. R. Freisitzer for chamber orchestra)
    4. I. Sehr lebhaft - 00:08:39
    5. II. Ballade: Sehr gemessen [poco adagio], doch nicht schleppend - 00:06:31
    6. III. Sehr lebhaft 00:06:25


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