The cycle of Lemminkainen op. 22, "Second Symphony" by Sibelius, was written in its original form following a renunciation: Sibelius had originally envisaged a lyrical drama about the Wagnerian model (The construction of the boat) and LOEUVRE mark a return to the great composition dorchestre loccupera for the rest of his creative life. I do not come back on the oeuvre by the discography of whom I said a few words about the recent album and very different dHannu LintuLemminkäinen Legends, Op. 22 - Pohjola's Daughter, op. 49.
This interpretation of Lemminkainen is marked by the personality of the young chef already established: the gesture is full and généreuxTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique'; Rautavaara: Apotheosis, the tone of the storyteller who does not will press to evoke the legends. Sibelius has found its way in the midst of post-Wagnerian romanticism, also perceives the unambiguous: Mikko Franck nessaie not pull LOEUVRE to Sibelius following periods (as Hannu Lintu recently). It gives us a very noble interpretation, thinking very, very spacious, which does not exclude a certain greed for beautiful sounds. If we associate youth with a mixture of temptation and precipitation dimmaturité, this is just the opposite quon herein.
We know that the hero Lemminkainen is a seducer, and Lemminkainen and girls of the island, with its particularly exhilarating development, the leader puts his heart into louvrage as it does in the Don Juan by Richard Strauss. This is earned in the bewitching Swan of Tuonela from the very beginning, which sélance from serious way up the dune light that creates atmosphere in a single gesture insured to the point. Lévocation underworld third time great page at any point is less mysterious and terrifying what nest again the chosen tempi all bear fruit. Less immediately triumphant quailleurs, The Return of Lemminkainen remains in the tone of the previous panel.
The disc souvre by op.9 In saga. Surely we remember the concert Furtwängler in Berlin in 1943, reissued by DG in 1989, which has not aged. But headlines again, but good to say of the association between the orchestra of the Swedish Radio and Mikko Franck, who all along his household effects with art (302, must hear it and light a second motor that create this joy Sibelius universe puts quite aside), while paying constant attention, as in Lemminkainen, the vertical dimension of music, as its expressive content (the famous solo clarinet conclusive).
Next music director of the orchestra Philharmonic Radio FranceDebussy: Images - Spring - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Mikko Franck is one of the most outstanding conductors of our time. It is recalled that his recent appearances in Paris were just ovationnées.
