Audition - Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Bergen Philharmonia Orchestra/Edward Gardner Recorded: 19-21st June 2023 There are a number of issues which I think make this recording and they make for quite an uncomfortable listen. The interpretation doesn't sound settled and nor does the playing. The orchestra and conductor aren't noted for the central German repertoire and it sounds like it. There's a weakness in some of the playing - the worst of it is the tentative moments. It seems takes a lot to get it moving especially the climaxes. Perhaps it needed one more play through or some more energy to make it set light. Under rehearsal is a dangerous thing. Some issues are plain to see. Throughout the work there’s a tendency for the strings and wind phrases to end with less energy than they begin with. And there's a bland air in both the solo playing and sometimes in the full orchestral passages. To his credit at Gardner has tried to build up a head of ste...
