Giuseppe Sinopoli - best records?
Posted by: EJS on 28 May 2010
Hello all,
Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946-2001) was a conductor who, particularly during his time as chief of the Staatskapelle Dresden, did (and recorded) great things. Unfortunately, I think he only got the recognition he deserved after his untimely death.
I wonder what other forum members think of him. What are your favourite recordings with him in the pit?
I'll start of:
Best regards,
EJ
Posted on: 29 May 2010 by beebie
Seek out his Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra and Tod und Verklarung with NYPO if you can find it.
Four last songs with Cheryl Studer is good too. And Salome with Studer & Terfel.
However I often thought that Sinopoli's interpretations sacrificed tension in favour of bringing out detail and beauty... that Bruckner 5th is gorgeously recorded and performed but doesn't really get the argument over like Chailly, Haitink, Wand or Barenboim do in their readings.
For a really different take... try his Elgar symphonies with the Philharmonia on DG.
Posted on: 30 May 2010 by EJS
Sorry, have to defend my favourite Bruckner 5 here... Sinopoli is grand here without a single lapse of focus. The introduction of the second theme in II must be one of classical music's ultimate moments, and the way Sinopoli re-introduces the theme with increasing security and poise, it is as if only he holds the key to unlock this world.
EJ
Posted on: 30 May 2010 by beebie
I'll give it a listen again in next few days, see if I can hear what he's getting at.
Chaily's Concertgebouw recording is the one I keep going back to.
Posted on: 30 May 2010 by Nathaniel
It may be a bit of a cliché, but I do like his recording of Schubert's 8th and Mendelssohn's 4th with the Philharmonia.
I can't articulate why (intuitively, it just feels right,) but I listen to it often.
Posted on: 30 May 2010 by u5227470736789439
I remember even now, a phenomenal live relay from the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia playing Schubert's Fifth Symphony led by Meastro Sinopoli - some time before 1987!
There was nothing slow about it. Really it was a copy-book presentation of the score, but he managed to imbue a very straight reading with energy, poise, and the typical wide ranging emotion of Schubert at his greatest.
On records I have only heard it nearly equalled by Klemperer, also with the Philharmonia, in this, one of my very favourite symohonies!
Did Sinopoli ever make a recording of this?
ATB from George
Posted on: 31 May 2010 by EJS
quote:
Originally posted by GFFJ:
I remember even now, a phenomenal live relay from the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia playing Schubert's Fifth Symphony led by Meastro Sinopoli - some time before 1987!
There was nothing slow about it. Really it was a copy-book presentation of the score, but he managed to imbue a very straight reading with energy, poise, and the typical wide ranging emotion of Schubert at his greatest.
On records I have only heard it nearly equalled by Klemperer, also with the Philharmonia, in this, one of my very favourite symohonies!
Did Sinopoli ever make a recording of this?
ATB from George
George, according to Arkivmusic he recorded Schubert's 8th twice (with the Philharmonia and the Staatskapelle), and the 9th once. I haven't heard either but reading the above, both are on my shortlist.
Cheers,
EJ
Posted on: 31 May 2010 by u5227470736789439
Let us hope that the BBC will one day issue this live recording as it hardly competes with commercial releases, in any case!
It hardly seems nine years since his untimely death.
ATB from George
Posted on: 02 June 2010 by Joe Bibb
quote:
Originally posted by Nathaniel:
It may be a bit of a cliché, but I do like his recording of Schubert's 8th and Mendelssohn's 4th with the Philharmonia.
I can't articulate why (intuitively, it just feels right,) but I listen to it often.
Agreed. One of my favourite discs.
Posted on: 05 June 2010 by EJS
He was brilliant in Strauss as well - Salome had Studer at her absolute best as the cute princess
EJ
