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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek - Josef Suk: Ripening, Op.34; Praga, Op.26 (1993)

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek - Josef Suk: Ripening, Op.34; Praga, Op.26 (1993)

Josef Suk: Ripening, Op.34; Praga, Op.26 (1993)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pešek, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 283 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 0777 7 59318 2 2 | Time: 01:06:52

Joseph Suk's Ripening is one of the most amazing of all post-Romantic orchestral works. It is immensely complex in its structure: a celestial introduction is followed by a cogent progress of scherzos and slow movements, of funeral marches and fugues, all concluded by a serene coda. Yet the work is immediately comprehensible as a musical drama, made clear through the coherence of the thematic and harmonic material.

Pesek and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic perform like modern-day deities. They fall short of the heights of Talich and the Czech Philharmonic, but Talich gave the work its premiere. Nonetheless, Pesek gives Ripening his very considerable all: his concentration holds the gigantic structure together as a single arch. Plus, his players articulate every instrumental detail, right down to the beatific wordless women's choir at the work's close. Highly recommended.

Review by James Leonard, Allmusic.com

This is exceedingly welcome and an exciting follow-up to Pesek's superb account of Suk's Asrael Symphony from a couple of years back (9/91). Completed in 1917, Ripening shows Suk at the height of his powers. Some five years in gestation, this vast yet tightly organized tone-poem shares many of the autobiographical concerns (to say nothing of the huge emotional scope) of both its large-scale orchestral predecessors (namely Asrael and A Summer Tale). Throughout, Suk handles his outsize forces with a truly Straussian confidence and virtuosity, nowhere more strikingly than in the extended Fugue (track 7—Virgin Classics' indexing is most helpful) which attains a climax of truly devastating proportions; the profound serenity of the ensuing coda (where a wordless female chorus is used to magical effect) could not have been harder won. Ripening is, in sum, an enormously impressive edifice, and for many I suspect it will come as a complete revelation. Indeed, as John Tyrrell rightly states in his exceptionally informative booklet-essay: ''After Asrael, Ripening lays claim to be Suk's masterpiece… Those new to this piece will be surprised at its neglect; its skill, subtlety and sophisticated craftsmanship are matched by an intensity of lyrical expression that has few rivals in the twentieth century.''

Pesek's new recording does not, in fact, represent the CD debut of this mighty work: in 1986 Supraphon released a meticulously prepared, if ultimately rather sober rendering from Vaclav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic; I recently noted, too, the imminent arrival from Panton of a live account with the Czech PO under Ancerl from 1968, and hopefully Vaclav Talich's classic recording won't be too long in following either (especially now that Supraphon seem to have embarked on an extensive reissue programme of that great conductor's legacy). In the meantime, though, let me salute both Pesek's thrillingly lucid, imaginative direction (at times Neumann sounds positively deadpan by comparison) as well as some superbly accomplished, communicative playing from the RLPO. The engineering, too, is absolutely first-class, and overall this is as supremely convincing a realization of this ambitious, enormously rewarding score as we are likely to get for some considerable time to come.

The coupling, Praga, is an affectionate, enjoyably grandiloquent portrait-in-sound of that fair city dating from 1904. Pesek's fine earlier account with the Czech PO on Supraphon is still available (harnessed to a wonderfully sympathetic performance of the glorious Fairy Tale suite), but this newcomer certainly surpasses it in terms of sheer poetry and swashbuckling flair, and the Philharmonic Hall recording, too, possesses just that touch more tonal opulence than its Supraphon rival (when the organ enters in the coda, the effect is suitably tummy-wobbling). What else can I say? More Suk from this partnership, please!'

Review by Andrew Achenbach, Gramophone

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek - Josef Suk: Ripening, Op.34; Praga, Op.26 (1993)



Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek - Josef Suk: Ripening, Op.34; Praga, Op.26 (1993)



Tracklist:

01. Ripening, op.34 - Adagio, quasi andante (03:47)
02. Ripening, op.34 - Tempo primo (02:29)
03. Ripening, op.34 - Quasi tempo primo ma più animato (06:12)
04. Ripening, op.34 - Adagio (05:33)
05. Ripening, op.34 - A tempo: Quasi allegro (04:09)
06. Ripening, op.34 - Adagio quasi l'istesso tempo (03:39)
07. Ripening, op.34 - Fuga (09:33)
08. Ripening, op.34 - Coda: Largamente (06:04)

09. Praga, op.26 (25:22)


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Suk, Josef / Ripening, Praga - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek

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Number of tracks: 9
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek - Josef Suk: Ripening, Op.34; Praga, Op.26 (1993)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek - Josef Suk: Ripening, Op.34; Praga, Op.26 (1993)

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