While not quite in same league as his Asrael Symphony, Josef Suk's A Summer's Tale is the next best thing -- if one can use such lighthearted locutions to describe works of such immense tragedy. But where the Asrael is a funeral monument to Suk's young, dead wife, A Summers' Tale is a testimony to the healing powers of nature. In his 2002 recording of Asrael with the Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin, Kirill Petrenko showed he had the right stuff as a Suk conductor -- the strength, the soulfulness, the stamina, and above ...
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While not quite in same league as his Asrael Symphony, Josef Suk's A Summer's Tale is the next best thing -- if one can use such lighthearted locutions to describe works of such immense tragedy. But where the Asrael is a funeral monument to Suk's young, dead wife, A Summers' Tale is a testimony to the healing powers of nature. In his 2002 recording of Asrael with the Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin, Kirill Petrenko showed he had the right stuff as a Suk conductor -- the strength, the soulfulness, the stamina, and above all the self-control to hold the orchestra and the music together at the peaks of Suk's excruciating pain. In this 2004 performance of A Summer's Tale, Petrenko and the Berlin Orchestra are even more impressive. Asrael is an emotional per aspera ad astra symphony following the via dolorosa of Suk's bottomless grief, but A Summer's Tale is a more nuanced work that starts where Asrael ends in quiet, certain serenity. In Petrenko's performance, A Summer's Tale is nowhere near as over...
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Good. Good condition. Audio CD. Case Very Good. Booklet Very Good. Disc slightly scratched. Quality guaranteed! In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted.
