CLASSICAL

摘要

The Rotterdam Philharmonic may lack the opulence of Berlin or Vienna counterparts but under their Montreal principal conductor they reveal more passing detail than is heard in most recordings - all without disturbing the narrative flow. Only as the quotations from Don Quixote are introduced do things get somewhat 'sticky'. Though not without precedent (there's a VPO/ Previn Telarc CD with Arleen Auger in the Four Last Songs), the coupling is generous; and Nezet-Seguin's accompaniments are beautifully matched to his German soprano - the coda of 'Im Abendrof is tenderly held. Roschmann's text-conscious interpretation is highly satisfying once past the vocal hurdles of 'Friihling'.