汪德Gunter Wand (指揮)
這套錄音收錄德國指揮家汪德從一九八零年代到他過世前,在世界各地指揮包括芝加哥交響樂團、北德廣播交響樂團、柏林愛樂等三大首屈一指樂團演出布魯克納、布拉姆斯、舒伯特、舒曼、貝多芬、莫札特等六位作曲家交響曲的錄音。這些錄音都是汪德生前親自聽過,認為足以代表其指揮技藝而授權准予發行的錄音。
汪德在二零零二年以高齡九十歲辭世,其指揮生涯長達六十五年之久,以毫不懈怠的高標準嚴格要求自己,不在乎外界評價或是刻意炒作名聲。這也是為什麼汪德的名聲總是只限於音樂同行和真正愛樂者之間流傳的原因。早期的汪德甚至拒絕灌錄唱片,在五零年代中葉開始出現立體聲錄音技術以後,許多指揮家紛紛搶進錄音間和唱片公司簽約,希望藉著這項新的媒體可以讓自己的名聲更為遠播,但汪德卻反而背其道而行,直到七零年代中葉以後才首度錄音。而對於音樂演出水準要求極高,任何演出都要求與樂團事前進行五到八次排練,也因為自己這種嚴格的要求,讓他成為時下許多「噴射機指揮」往往一天內就從大西洋一頭飛到另一頭,可以在兩地完成兩場指揮的反面教材,更不符合許多想聘他前去客座指揮樂團的成本概念。因此也很少樂團能夠真的說服他願意前往指揮。汪德一直到一九八九年才第一次同意前往美國指揮,那是和芝加哥交響樂團合作,而且是因為對方答應他事前給他十一個小時的排練時間,這次的合作也促成了汪德第一份和美國樂團的錄音,即是本集中的第一張CD:布拉姆斯第一號交響曲。
而在德國境內,同樣擁有德國精神的柏林愛樂羨慕與汪德合作所能產生的高水準演出,因此他們期待和汪德合作激發火花,更希望能定期給他們刺激和鞭策。從九零年代中葉開始,柏林愛樂每年都會固定邀請汪德客座指揮,而這也讓他們錄下本集中一連串的多份出色錄音,包括:舒伯特《未完成交響曲》、《偉大交響曲》、布魯克納的第五號、第四號、第九號、第七號和第八號交響曲等等,直到汪德過世前一年,他們的合作都沒有停過。
汪德晚年指揮的曲目只限於布魯克納、布拉姆斯、舒伯特、貝多芬和莫札特這五位德語區作曲家的交響曲。因此本集也只收錄這五位作曲家外加舒曼的交響曲,可以說完全符合他完美主義的精神。
【收錄曲目】
DISC 1
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No.1 in c Op.68 Symphony Orchestra Chicago
Recording: 1989.1, Chicago, Orchestra Hall
DISC 2
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.3 in d (Version 1,889) NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1992.1.12-14, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 3
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.4 in E-Flat "Die Romantische" NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1990.6.17-19, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 4
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.6 in A (Original Version 1879-1881) NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1995.5.15, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 5
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.7 in E (Original Version 1881-83) NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording : 1992.3.15-17, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 6-7
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.8 in c (Haas Edition) NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1993.12.5-7, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 8
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No in .9 d (Original Version) NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1993.3.7-9, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 9
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No.1 in C Op.21 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Recording: 1997.12.7-9, Hamburg , Musikhalle
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No.2 in D Op.36 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Recording: 1999.2.21-23, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 10
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade in D K.320 "Posthorn"
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Op.60 NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 2001.4.8-10, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 11
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Leonore Overture No.3 Op.72B- NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1990.6.17 -19, Hamburg, Musikhalle
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Op.55 "Eroica" NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1989.12.10-12, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 12
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 "Pastorale"
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No.5 in c Op.67 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Recording: 1992.10.11-13, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 13
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No.3 in D D. two hundred NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1992.11.29-12.1, Hamburg, Musikhalle
Schumann, Robert: Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Op.97 "Rheinische" NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1991.9.15-17, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 14
Schumann , Robert: Symphony No.4 Op.120 in d NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Recording: 1990.9.30-10.2, Hamburg, Musikhalle
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No.8 in b D.759 "Unfinished" NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1991.4.21 -23, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 15
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No.9 in C D.944 "The Great" NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1991.4.21-23, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 16
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No.1 in c Op.68 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Recording: 1996.4.21-23, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 17
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No.2 in D Op.73 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Recording: 1996.7.9-11, Hamburg, Musikhalle
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No.3 in F Op.90 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Recording: 1995.4.9-11, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 18
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No.4 Op.98 in e NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1997.12.7-9, Hamburg , Musikhalle
DISC 19
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.5 in B-Flat (Original Version 1875-78)
NDR-Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1989.10.8-10, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 20
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.6 in A NDR -Sinfonieorchester Recording:
1988.12.4 / 5, Hamburg, Musikhalle
DISC 21-22
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.8 in c (Haas Edition) NDR-
Sinfonieorchester Recording: 1987.8.22-23, Luebecker, Dom
DISC 23
Bruckner, Anton : Symphony No.9 in d NDR-Sinfonieorchester Recording:
1988.6.24-26, Luebecker, Dom twenty-four
DISC 24
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No.8 in b D.759 "Unfinished"
DISC 25
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No.9 in C D.944 "The Great" Berliner
Philharmoniker Recording: 1995.3.28/29, Berlin, Philharmonie
DISC 26
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.4 in E-Flat "Die Romantische" Berliner
Philharmoniker Recording: 1998.1.30-2.1, Berlin , Philharmonie
DISC 27
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.5 in B-Flat (Original Version 1875-78)
Berliner Philharmoniker Recording: 1996.1.12-14, Berlin, Philharmonie
DISC 28
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.7 in E (Original 1881-83 version)
Berliner Philharmoniker Recording: 1999.11.19-21, Berlin,
Philharmonie
DISC 29-30
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.8 in c (Original Version) Berliner
Philharmoniker Recording: 2001.1.19-22, Berlin, Philharmonie
DISC 31
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.9 in d (Original Version) Berliner
Philharmoniker Recording: 1998.9.18/20, Berlin, Philharmonie
DISC 32-33
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.4 in E-Flat "Romantische Die" (Version
1878-1880; Nowak Edition)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No.5 in B-Flat D.485 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Recording: 2001.10.28-30, Hamburg, Musikhalle