Symphony No.7/Triple Conc

Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano) & London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

In mei 2006 lanceerde het LSO live label een cyclus met alle symfonieën van Beethoven. Dit project was een speciale zorg van Bernard Haitink, wiens doel het is om de onmiddellijke, universeel geldende boodschap in Beethovens muziek duidelijk te maken. Hoe zou dit beter kunnen lukken dan met een Brits orkest onder leiding van een Nederlandse dirigent, die in het Triple Concerto wordt bijgestaan door de Kroatische concertmeester Gordan Nikolitch en de Duitse pianist Lars Vogt.

Beethoven:
 Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
 Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56

A high density DSD recording, live at the Barbican Centre on 16-27 November 2005

"A blazing performance of the Seventh Symphony that reaches a superbly disciplined and frenzied conclusion."
BBC Music Magazine

"Nothing like having your expectations challenged, especially in Beethoven where interpretative templates tend to settle for good. Past experience of Bernard Haitink in the symphonies left an impression of worthiness and generalised musicality; but the first instalment of the conductor's projected live Beethoven symphony cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra witnesses a significantly increased adrenalin count. As well as being vital and intelligently thought through, Haitink's new Seventh honours all repeats and has the inestimable advantage of spatially divided violin desks, particularly telling in the clear but relatively dry Barbican Hall acoustic. The first movement's bracing rhythms gambol rather than storm and there's genuine tenderness in the Allegretto. The Scherzo's dancing gait and the unforced momentum of the finale is very attractive. What's strong about the Haitink's excellent Triple Concerto is its sense of architecture, the way Haitink builds the opening tutti so that the climactic passage where winds alternate with strings (2'04") establishes a real sense of arrival. Interesting Haitink's soloists seem more integrated within the rest of the band than sopme versions, less in terms of sound than overall playing-style: inspired moments include Tim Hugh's rapt opening phrases in the second movement. And James Mallinson's integrated sound-picture for LSO Live is very pleasing."
Gramophone - Classical Music Guide 2010