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SCHUMANN, R.: Symphony No. 4 / DEBUSSY, C.: Le martyre de St. Sebastien: Fragments symphoniques / La mer (Cantelli) (1954)

Composer(s):Debussy, ClaudeSchumann, Robert
Artist(s) Cantelli, Guido, Conductor • Philharmonia Orchestra
Period(s) 20th CenturyRomantic
Genre Classical Music
Category Orchestral
Catalogue ICAC5081
Label ICA Classics
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
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USD 9.99
 

 

   




Review By Ángel Carrascosa Almazán,Ritmo,February 2013

Registrado en Edimburgo en 1954, este fue el programa de un concierto que empezaba con la Obertura de Manfredo, pieza que se ha perdido (por cierto, Schumann y Debussy no me parece una combinación muy adecuada para una sesión). Pero vamos a las interpretaciones: siempre he oído decir que Cantelli (1920-1956) tenía un talento extraordinario. Puede ser, no le he escuchado lo suficiente. Pero en este CD (cuya publicación me parece innecesaria, porque además suena bastante mal) no me ha convencido, salvo en dos o tres de las piezas de El martirio de San Sebastián, de sugerente sensibilidad tímbrica. Pero El Mar lo encuentro no solo muy lejos del impresionismo (lo cual es posible: véase,

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Review By David Radcliffe,American Record Guide,January 2013

Broadcast performances often add little to a conductor’s reputation, since they are little more than less satisfactory renderings of things more carefully done in the studio. Such is not the case with this 1954 Edinburgh Festival concert where Guido Cantelli seems determined to whip his audience into a frenzy with a furiously pulsing performance of the Schumann symphony. The three works resonate the more from being heard together in this striking and unusual program. © 2013 American Record Guide Read complete review on American Record Guide online



Review By John Quinn,MusicWeb International,December 2012

This disc preserves almost all of a remarkable Edinburgh Festival concert by Guido Cantelli.

All three performances on this disc are exceptionally fine. The Schumann symphony is notable for the vitality that Cantelli brings to the Lebhaft section of the first movement and for the fine momentum he generates in the finale after a properly suspenseful transition from the third movement. In between the Romanze is beautifully done while the Scherzo is vigorous and strongly rhythmical with the trio elegantly phrased.

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