Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (Klaus Tennstedt) (1977)
1h 18min
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- Synopsis:
This series of videos will make the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era available for the first time since they were broadcast. This rare material represents some of the earliest concert footage that exists with Klaus Tennstedt from this key chapter in his career and has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques. It is of exceptional musical interest and historic value. This video is only the third filmed performance featuring Tennstedt with the BSO to be made available to the public and represents some of the earliest concert footage with this great conductor. Tennstedt has been compared with Barbirolli, Furtwängler, Karajan and Klemperer by the Gramophone Classical Music Guide, whilst BBC Music Magazine described ICA Classics’ recent video release featuring Tennstedt directing the LPO in Mahler 5 as ‘epitomising the combination of immensely detailed precision and overwhelming expressive intensity that Tennstedt’s many admirers found so special’. Tennstedt and the BSO formed a close association, together covering much of the Austro-German symphonic tradition, such as the works included on this video, which are described by Michael McManus as a ‘classic Tennstedt programme’. The only available (audio) recording with Tennstedt performing Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony is a concert performance with the LPO from 1984. The Penguin Guide describes the second of only two recordings with Tennstedt performing Mahler 4 (with the LPO, 5 years after the recording on this video) as ‘a strong, spacious reading which yet conveys an innocence entirely in keeping with this most endearing of the Mahler symphonies’. Tennstedt was well known for the depth and animation of his concert performances, to which his studio recordings seldom compare - this video provides a rare opportunity to witness the great man in action. - Studio:
- ICA Classics
- Genres:
- Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest