Beethoven (1770-1827) – Symphony No, 3, Takashi Asahina / Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra (1989) – Import CD

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Beethoven (1770-1827)

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Discovered at last! Takashi Asahina – Live at the Berlin Art Week in 1989! Digital recording of “Eroica” with the Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin. European Live Vol. 1 “In 1994, when I decided to invite Takashi Asahina to join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, I was the president of the orchestra at the time, but I had to convince Barenboim, the music director. He had no idea what kind of conductor Asahina would be. When I played a record of Asahina’s Bruckner Symphony No. 8, Barenboim immediately agreed. He then made an excellent and observant comment. When I mentioned that Asahina had attended Furtwängler’s rehearsals and talked with him, Barenboim replied, “As a matter of fact, his conducting reminds me more of another German master, Knappertsbusch, though from the same period. ” he replied. I will always remember these words. These are exactly the right comments when listening to the “Heroes” symphonies on this disc,” Henry Vogel, former president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, wrote in his liner notes. This performance was broadcast in Japan on FM. The approach is no different from that of the same year’s masterpiece with the New Japan Philharmonic, but the Deutsche Symphonieorchester Berlin (then West Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra) has an irresistible charm in its solistic virtuosity and rich tonal flavor. Asahina performed with the orchestra several times, including broadcast recordings, but this concert was the last time they performed together.Newspaper reviews are said to be split down the middle, but it goes without saying that the richly resonant and poised performance is a masterpiece that should satisfy any fan of Asahina’s. The extreme slowness of the beginning of the scherzo, for example, is a test of Asahina’s own interpretation with a prestigious orchestra. The extreme slowness at the beginning of the scherzo is as if Asahina was testing his interpretation with a prestigious orchestra. This year was the 39th Berlin Art Week, which included a memorial concert for Karajan, who passed away in July, and the appearance of “Eroica,” which was performed with all his might by Asahina, still in the midst of dramatic changes in Berlin with the fall of the Wall two months later. This is the first Asahina Europe Live. [Comments courtesy of Tobu Trading] —-.