Credits:

Nicolas Arnould and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Description:

In 2016, the world mourned the passing of the great master Arnoncourt. While performing with the Vienna Konzentus Musiks, he also performed with modern orchestras. His performances with the Vienna Philharmonic, too, have always been controversial because of his unique interpretation and his strong conviction. Arnoncourt began performing with the Vienna Philharmonic in the 1980s. He has performed Mozart's "Concerto Symphony" with Kremer and Kashkashian as soloists, but above all, the strength of his ties with the Philharmonic is symbolized by the "New Year Concerts" in 2001 and 2003. The New Year's Concerts are usually loose and intimate, but these two concerts are known to have had a mysterious atmosphere filled with tension. This Beethoven was recorded at the festival the same year as the second New Year. Arnoncourt's unique, pushy Beethoven, produced by a conductor and orchestra that already maintain a strong relationship, is an interpretation that could be called the middle ground of his trial-and-error in creation. Of course, his stoicism of "adding nothing to Beethoven's score" remains unchanged. Naxos Japan