Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Carl Maria von Weber
Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Profil Medien
Catalogue: PH09036
Release: 2017
Size: 427 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Weber: Oberon J. 306
01. Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
02. I. Allegro ma non troppo
03. II. Larghetto
04. III. Rondo: Allegro
CD 02
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
01. I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
02. II. Andante sostenuto
03. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
04. IV. Adagio – Più andante – Allegro non troppo ma con brio
The works on the two CDs of this volume were performed in the Dresden Staatskapelle’s second symphony concert of the 2002/2003 season on September 29 and 30 and October 2, 2002. It was Bernard Haitink’s first concert as Principal Conductor of the orchestra, after he had spontaneously declared his willingness to take over this position and support the Staatskapelle following the sudden death of Giuseppe Sinopoli the previous year. It still seems a stroke of luck for Dresden, and in particular for its orchestra, that it could find a personality of such international standing who had a deep understanding both of the Staatskapelle’s great tradition and of its special character and thus was uniquely qualified to maintain and enhance its high artistic level, its individual sound and its worldwide reputation.