マーラー: 交響曲第5番＜限定盤＞

2002年9月の歴史的なラトルのベルリン・フィル芸術監督就任を記念した演奏会のライヴ録音が、180gアナログLP盤として、数量限定生産リリース

熱狂的に受け入れられたそのパフォーマンスは、「この楽団と指揮者の稀有の名演と言うべきだろう/明晰にして劇的、晴朗な情緒にあふれた新鮮なマーラー演奏である。ラトルとベルリン・フィル、そしてマーラー演奏の新しい時代が、ここにひらかれたのである」(レコード芸術2002年12月号)という評にある通り、ラトルにとって、そしてベルリン・フィルにとって、きわめて明るい未来を予感させるものでした。ラトル自身がインタビューに答えて言ったように「伝統と革新が見事に融合した、実にスリリングな演奏」が達成された、ベルリン・フィルともども高揚感にあふれた名演奏。
180gアナログLP盤として、数量限定生産リリースとなります。
ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン

Simon Rattle's 2002 live recording of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor was assembled from several concerts in September of that year, so the resulting performance on disc has a slightly variable quality between movements, which can be detected in the levels of the Berlin Philharmonic's enthusiasm. The overall playing is good, but the orchestra seems somewhat diffuse and desultory in the first two movements, and most vigorously engaged in the last three. How much editing within movements occurred is difficult to guess, though if the unexpected changes of tempo and odd dynamic levels of the "Trauermarsch" and the "Sturmisch bewegt" are any indication, there was probably some sonic surgery performed there. The cogent feeling of the rest of the symphony suggests that the playing was all of a piece and up to expected levels, with only the barest suggestion of the earlier flagging of energy. This recording is certainly fine for study purposes, and possibly good for a beginner's first hearing of this symphony, but it's hard to rate it much higher because of its strange episodes of languid playing. Furthermore, as solid as Rattle is in most repertoire, his Mahler is not as coherent, vibrant, or exciting as many other conductors' renditions on the market, and listeners need not settle for this interpretation of the Symphony No. 5 with dozens of great recordings readily available.