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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde»rank: 773493from: Denon Records
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 2»rank: 536015from: Teldec
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10»rank: 466086from: Denon
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A Delightful Little Dinner Music (Box Set)»rank: 388588from: Philips
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Hector Berlioz Edition (Box Set)»rank: 388588from: Brilliant
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Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Don Juan / Inbal, Suisse Romande Orch»rank: 527199from: Denon Records
0ur opinion: :0ne of lnbal's strongest suits as a conductor is ability to shape large-scale works effectively. Ein Heldenleben, a 45-minute single movement for huge orchestra, is one of the largest, as well as one of the most successful. lnbal succeeds in rooting out a continuous melodic line, which requires constant attention to the balances, and strong playing from the instrumentalists. The Suisse Romande has some impressive first-desk wind and brass soloists, and--except in the most massive passages, where it lacks the sheer heft of the great German orchestras--plays ...
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 08, Op 65»rank: 525823from: Denon Records
0ur opinion: :This is Shostakovich's greatest symphony, even though apologists rank the Fifth or the Tenth as his best. The fact is that Shostakovich's follow-up to the Seventh (1941) is a wartime symphony, and contains some of the bleakest passages in 2Oth-century music. We now know that the music is meant to describe Stalin's paranoiac predations on his own people, but that doesn't matter. This is the Abyss. No one's gone in deeper. Eliahu lnbal and the Wiener Symphoniker's whole series of Shostakovich symphonies on Denon is a staggering ...
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14/Lélio, Op.14»rank: 874634from: Denon Records
0ur opinion: :This is Shostakovich's greatest symphony, even though apologists rank the Fifth or the Tenth as his best. The fact is that Shostakovich's follow-up to the Seventh (1941) is a wartime symphony, and contains some of the bleakest passages in 2Oth-century music. We now know that the music is meant to describe Stalin's paranoiac predations on his own people, but that doesn't matter. This is the Abyss. No one's gone in deeper. Eliahu lnbal and the Wiener Symphoniker's whole series of Shostakovich symphonies on Denon is a staggering ...
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The Great Composers: Maurice Ravel [DVD + 2 CDs]»rank: 551034from: Brilliant Classics
0ur opinion: :This is Shostakovich's greatest symphony, even though apologists rank the Fifth or the Tenth as his best. The fact is that Shostakovich's follow-up to the Seventh (1941) is a wartime symphony, and contains some of the bleakest passages in 2Oth-century music. We now know that the music is meant to describe Stalin's paranoiac predations on his own people, but that doesn't matter. This is the Abyss. No one's gone in deeper. Eliahu lnbal and the Wiener Symphoniker's whole series of Shostakovich symphonies on Denon is a staggering ...
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Smetana: Ma Vlast»rank: 939331from: Elektra / Wea
0ur opinion: :This is Shostakovich's greatest symphony, even though apologists rank the Fifth or the Tenth as his best. The fact is that Shostakovich's follow-up to the Seventh (1941) is a wartime symphony, and contains some of the bleakest passages in 2Oth-century music. We now know that the music is meant to describe Stalin's paranoiac predations on his own people, but that doesn't matter. This is the Abyss. No one's gone in deeper. Eliahu lnbal and the Wiener Symphoniker's whole series of Shostakovich symphonies on Denon is a staggering ...
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