Marlis Petersen about her CD-Trilogy “Dimensions” and the new CD “Otherworld”:

Wir freuen uns über die ersten Besprechungen zur neuen CD!

“Beethoven mit tänzerischer Eleganz” (Ö1)

“Schlank und transparent im Ton, knackig und stringent in der Interpretation” (klassikradio.at)

Invitation to the Road to Beethoven

The first two releases of the first ‘Beethoven Symphony Cycle’ of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, were very well received. Now, the third part will be released on 21.09.2018 with Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7. The CD is part of the Road to Beethoven project of the Wiener Symphoniker, with which the orchestra prepares for the 250th birthday of the father of classical music in 2020.

With this publication the Wiener Symphoniker want to build on the great success of the first two CDs of the cycle. Both the first CD with Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 and the second with Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 were awarded CD’s of the month by various international specialist magazines. The British Gramophone Magazine nominated the orchestra on the basis of the publication of the Orchestra of the Year 2018. Particularly praised were Jordan’s approach to mute Viennese sound culture with a contemporary, leaner interpretation, original tempos and insights from historical performance practice. For Jordan, the focus was on content: Beethoven should not be honored as a monument, but be presented “more naturally, more directly and more humane”.

Paul McCartney – Official Video:

Elena Moșucs Auftritt am 21.06.18 in Zürich wurde von der Kritik in den höchsten Tönen gelobt:
Artikel “Perfekte Gesangskunst” (Onlinemerker.com)

Marlis Petersen brilliert als Hanna Glawari in  “Die Lustige Witwe”

“Jede einzelne der Premierenminuten, die sich Marlis Petersen und Iurii Samoilov, beide Debütanten in ihren Rollen, auf der Bühne umkreisen, lieben, hassen und beim Tanzen in tiefster Verfallenheit miteinander ringen, summieren sich zu zweieinhalb künstlerischen Sternstunden, die das Publikum von Beginn an elektrisieren.” Bettina Boyens, Frankfurter Neue Presse

“Petersens perfekt austarierter, beweglicher und doch in sich ruhender Sopran kann sich unangestrengt in der Musik wiegen, eine lukullische Situation über die weitesten Strecken.” Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau

(…) Diese Frankfurter Operetten-Inszenierung rangiert weit, weit über dem Dreiviertel-Takt-Durchschnitt hierzulande, obwohl es eine eher melancholiesatte statt lustige Witwe geworden ist. Manuel Brug, www.klassiker.welt.de

Der BR verleiht den “Operettenfrosch Mai 2018” für die ungewöhnliche und mehr als unterhaltsame Inszenierung:  Zum Beitrag

Mehr Infos zur Lustigen Witwe hier:  Oper Frankfurt

In February 2018, the Wiener Symphoniker and their Music Director Philippe Jordan present the second CD in their first complete recording of the Beethoven symphonies. With his Fifth Symphony, Beethoven created a true symphonic icon. It is as universally known above all thanks to its powerful opening bars. Its parallels with its predecessor, the Fourth, are less prominent than those with, for example, its successor the Sixth. Nevertheless, the Fourth features many ideas that would only be fully elaborated in the Fifth. “The connection”, Jordan emphasises, “is more a matter of the spirit of the works, but is no less important for all that.”
As with the first, enthusiastically received first CD, this recording was made live in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein as part of an acclaimed cycle during 2017. International critics were especially pleased with Jordan’s approach, which combines Wiener Klang, the distinctive Viennese instrumental style, with a contemporary and pared-back interpretation while incorporating insights from historically informed performance and original tempi. But for Jordan, the content is the main focus: instead of venerating Beethoven the monument, he wants to show him in a “more natural, direct and human” way.

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Solo Musica welcomes the label of the “eos guitar quartet” in our label family!
In order to lend its own face to the numerous and varied projects and productions by the Eos Guitar Quartet [Marcel Ege, Julio Azcano, David Sautter, Michael Winkler] not only in concert, but also on recordings, the eos guitar edition was founded. The eos guitar edition sees itself therefore as a specialized label, which offers space for high-quality guitar music with an open stylistic direction and specifically addresses the guitar audience with selected program concepts.
Starting in 2018, the eos guitar edition will be represented worldwide by the label Solo Musica and distributed in Germany / Austria / Switzerland via Sony Music, as well as in the rest of the world via Naxos.