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Manfred Honeck’s Strauss Opera Suites Recording is Groundbreaking!
Order Now “This is a groundbreaking recording—and a wonderful one!…Manfred Honeck himself catalysed the effort, in collaboration with Czech composer Tomás Ille. … Strauss pushes the borders of harmony in Elektra and employs a complex orchestra of 110, larger than most of his tone poems. … Honeck has marginally rescored it down to the merely mammoth forces customarily used in Strauss’s tone poems. Most importantly, he has woven the punchy, mercurial, polyphonic score into a…
Manfred Honeck Leads the New York Philharmonic This Week
Conductor Manfred Honeck leads the New York Philharmonic in a program of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto and Mahler’s First Symphony February 15-18, 2017. Before his performances, he spoke with Michael Miller of New York Arts about his approach to conducting for both his recordings and performances as well as great insight into his rehearsal process. Listen to the interview via New York Arts Manfred Honeck Recordings
Strauss Opera Suites a Showcase for Pittsburgh Symphony
Gramophone Magazine features the new Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck Strauss: Elektra/Rosenkavaalier recording in the January 2017 issue: The recording packs a mighty punch from the initial Agamemnon motif, scything brass braying Elektra’s revenge theme. There is percussive glitter for Klytemnestra, whip cracks marking the arrival of her entourage. The full barbarism of Strauss’s score makes a searing impact, Orest’s murder of Klytemnestra especially brutal, yet there are moments of great tenderness too. Reference…
Pittsburgh Symphony on Forbes’ Best Recordings List!
Forbes has released their 10 Best Classical Recordings of 2016 list and the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck Strauss: Elektra/Rosenkavalier recording comes in at #8: “Manfred Honeck’s ‘Elektra Symphonic Drama’ (co-written by Manfred Honeck and Tomáš Ille) absolutely lifts the lid and shows you how much sensuous and sumptuous music there’s in this opera already, which otherwise looks and sounds, on experiencing in toto or in the opera house, so very, very – indeed totally…
Pittsburgh Symphony Tchaikovsky an American Record Guide Best of 2016
American Record Guide critics have listed their “Critics Choice” recordings for 2016, and editor Donald Vroon has nominated the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6. “Here is a symphony that has been recorded a great deal. Even conductors who don’t like Tchaikovsky have recorded it, probably because of the challenges it presents. So naturally there have been a great many routine performances under conductors who have no real feeling for it. Manfred…
Pittsburgh Symphony an ArkivMusic Best of 2016
ArkivMusic.com names Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s Strauss: Elektra & Der Rosenkavalier their #2 recording of 2016! This ongoing series from orchestra and conductor goes from strength to strength. Another stunning album, one which should be an essential purchase for devotees of the composer. See the list on ArkivMusic.com Reference Recordings Amazon Native DSD
ClassicsToday Reviews “Thrilling” Pittsburgh Symphony Recording
“This is juicy. I’m sure that many music lovers have wished that Strauss had made a suite from Elektra. It is, after all, one of his most exciting scores, as well as one of his most symphonically cogent. Well, here it is, courtesy of Manfred Honeck and Tomas Ille, and it’s a doozy. You get all of the major bits: Elektra’s opening monologue, the entry of Klytaemnestra, the recognition scene, the two murders, and of…
Pittsburgh Symphony On Fanfare Want Lists!
Three Fanfare Magazine critics have Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s recordings on their 2016 year-end “Want Lists”: Order Now Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 “Manfred Honeck’s Beethoven… helps you to recapture the shock of the new. There is nothing gimmicky or freakish about it, but I wasn’t 10 seconds into this SACD before I sat up and took notice. The booklet contains Honeck’s almost blow-by-blow description of both symphonies, and it is…
New Pittsburgh Symphony Recording in Gramophone
Gramophone Magazine’s “High Fidelity” section used the new Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck Strauss: Elektra & Der Rosenkavalier as one of their December Test Discs! “This recording of Manfred Honeck’s suite from Strauss’s Elektra is a true demonstration-quality set, well up to the Reference label’s usual standards.”
New MusicWeb International Review for Pittsburgh Tchaikovsky/Dvořák
Brian Reinhart pens the third MusicWeb International review for Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 and Dvořák Rusalka Fantasy recording: “The Pittsburgh Symphony is one of the world’s great orchestras, here displaying rich, lush old-world strings which bring to mind conductor Manfred Honeck’s experience in Vienna. The brass section is thrillingly punchy and forward, as is the timpanist. Honeck has good ideas about the symphony, like occasionally dialing back the…
Pittsburgh Symphony Nominated for Symphonic ICMA!
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Tchaikovsky/Dvořák recording has been nominated for in the Symphonic Category of the 2017 International Classical Music Awards! Winners will be announced on January 2017 with an awards ceremony and gala in Leipzig, Germany on April 1st. “The International Classical Music Awards recognise creativity, imagination in choice of repertoire and artistic excellence.” Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6; Dvořák Rusalka Fantasy Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck Reference Recordings Amazon iTunes…
Pittsburgh Symphony Strauss: Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier Suites Available Today!
Now Available Strauss: Elektra/Der Rosenkavalier Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, Music Director Presenting the World Premiere of the First Symphonic Suite From Elektra! Get It Today This new recording presents orchestral suites based on two of the most significant operas in history. Der Rosenkavalier found its place in the concert hall from the beginning, first with two waltz sequences and later with the famous 1944 suite. But Elektra remained purely on the opera stage until…
TBT – Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck
In honor of tomorrow’s sixth Pittsburgh LIVE! release, enjoy a listen back to all of our Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck recordings via SoundCloud:
Manfred Honeck’s “Exceptional” Suites from Strauss Operas
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offer previews of what to expect in the new Pittsburgh Symphony recording of Suites from Richard Strauss operas with reviews from the ensemble’s performances of the works: “The concert opened with Honeck’s ‘Elektra Suite,’ which the conductor created with Tomas Ille. Strauss’s opera is even more brutal, sensational and progressive in compositional style than his previous opera ‘Salome.’ His use of bitonality preceded Stravinsky’s in ‘Petrouchka’ by several years.…
Pre-Order Pittsburgh Symphony’s New Strauss: Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier Today!
Strauss: Elektra/Rosenkavalier Excerpts from Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier: Suites from the Opera Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, Music Director Pre-Order! See the reviews! MusicWeb International Graham Williams, HRAudio Adrian Quanjer, HRAudio