Label: Exton
Format: CD
Barcode: 4526977004439
Catalog number: OVCL 443
Releasedate: 22-07-11
Format: CD
Barcode: 4526977004439
Releasedate: 22-07-11
This is CD produced from archive recording of concerts in 2006, when Mr. Honeck first conducted Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. This first cooperation was so splendid that the orchestra later decided to appoint him as its music director for long lasting cooperation because it was apparent for all involved that the chemistry between them would be fruitful for the orchestra's history and future. Mr. Honeck finds Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony as "one of the most profound of its time and deserve to be treated with utmost respect". He focuses on tiniest details for organizing whole, dramatic story there from, up to the composer's "achieving a victory of the soul" in the end.
- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is known for its artistic excellence and is credited with a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians
- With a long and distinguished history of touring both domestically and overseas since 1900, the PSO continues to be critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras
- Many condutors had a good relationship with this orchestra, like Victor Herbert, Victor Herbert, Frederic Archer , Otto Klemperer, Emil Paur, Elias Breeskin, Antonio Modarelli, Fritz Reiner, William Steinberg, Andre Previn, Loorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons and now of course Honeck!
- Manfred Honeck was appointed Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in January 2007
- Manfred Honeck also became the Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague in 2008, and in 2007, assumed the post of Music Director of the Staatsoper Stuttgart
- This cd recording is the first cooperation between Honeck and orchestra en it was so splendid that the orchestra later decided to appoint him as its music director for long lasting cooperation
- It was apparent for all involved that the chemistry between Honeck and this orchestra would be fruitful for the orchestra's history and future
“There is hardly another composer so stuck with the cliché of being sentimental or noisy as Tchaikovsky. Not that it would be necessary to deny the sentiment or the triumphant fortissimo in his music - for me the secret is not to enhance these traits, as they have, according to Gustav Mahler, already been "composed into" the music. Otherwise sentiment will become insufferable mawkishness and a triumphant march turns into nothing but hysterical racket. This might be why many consider this piece as bombastic and overplayed, but in my point of view this symphony is one of the most profound of its time and deserves to be treated with the utmost respect.
In his notebook Tchaikovsky hinted at a program for the Fifth Symphony. The question of whether or not Tchaikovsky oriented himself towards Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (known as "Fate") might be interesting, but in the end is not of vital importance here. Rather, it is essential to watch the tiniest details of the varying moods and let every musical phrase become part of the whole story. [......] “ (by Manfred Honeck)
In his notebook Tchaikovsky hinted at a program for the Fifth Symphony. The question of whether or not Tchaikovsky oriented himself towards Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (known as "Fate") might be interesting, but in the end is not of vital importance here. Rather, it is essential to watch the tiniest details of the varying moods and let every musical phrase become part of the whole story. [......] “ (by Manfred Honeck)