Deux symphonies, deux mesures : Beethoven selon Chailly et la Scala

By Tristan Labouret, 29 January 2020

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“L’édifice orchestral en impose et Chailly l’illumine d’une battue claire et nette”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 27 January 2020

Beethoven, Egmont, Op.84: Overture

Beethoven, Symphony no. 8 in F major, Op.93

Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67

Beethoven, The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43: Overture

Filarmonica della Scala

Riccardo Chailly, Conductor

Viotti brings Italianate sunshine to Russian repertoire in Milan

Mark Pullinger, 24th February

Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings and Rachmaninov's Second Symphony are given urgent, ardent readings by the Filarmonica della Scala.

****1

A high-energy season opener at Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 7th September

Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Filarmonica della Scalla boldly go into the Romantic repertoire, with mixed results.

****1

Grafenegg Festival ends with bittersweet Strauss from Renée Fleming

Laurence Vittes, 5th September

The soprano is lifted to lyrical heights by the Filarmonia della Scala and Andrés Orozco-Estrada at the open air Wolkenturm on the final night of the festival.

*****

Magnificent Beethoven tribute from Chailly in Antwerp

Marc Haegeman, 23rd January

"Beethoven 250" starts in grand form with thrilling performances of Egmont and Symphonies 5 and 8 in Antwerp.

*****

Lightweight Beethoven from Chailly and the Filarmonica della Scala

James Imam, 4th November

This lightweight, combustive account lacked bluster, sourcing tension from its forward momentum.

****1

Gardner and Levit invigorate the Filarmonica della Scala

James Imam, 11th March

Edward Gardner clearly has a thing for the Czechs. A month after he made his Royal Opera main-stage debut with Janáček's Katya Kabanova, here he was with the Filarmonica della Scala to conduct a strongly Czech programme.

****1

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.