Description
Hi-Fi János Starker - Cello Essentials / 大提琴家史塔克偉大錄音 / UltraAnalog CD AAD
UPC 9787884818969
Product Details
- Label: ABC (INTL) Records
- Format: UltraAnalog CD, Limited Edition
- Country: Made in Germany
- Released: 2020
- Genre: Classical, Cello
- Material: 6N Pure Silver Coating
- High Definition: 99.9999% Silver Disc, High Definition Mastering CD
Overview
"Cello Essentials" is a stunning collection of János Starker's finest performances, featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz. This limited edition UltraAnalog CD was mastered using the original analog master tapes and processed with ABC’s proprietary UltraAnalog CD™ technology. This ensures the full spectrum of sound and emotion from Starker's cello is preserved with unmatched fidelity. The 6N pure silver disc amplifies the recording's exceptional quality, offering an unparalleled listening experience that brings out the warmth and brilliance of the cello's tone.
Track Listing
- The Swan
- On Wings of Song
- Flight of the Bumblebee
- Ave Maria
- Londonderry Air
- Andante Cantabile
- Melody from Orphée et Eurydice
- Cavatina, Op. 85, No. 3
- Moses Variations
- La Primavera (Spring) Op. 8 No. 1
- La Primavera (Spring) Op. 8 No. 1
- La Primavera (Spring) Op. 8 No. 1
- L’Estate (Summer) Op. 8 No. 2 in G Minor
- L’Estate (Summer) Op. 8 No. 2 in G Minor
- L’Estate (Summer) Op. 8 No. 2 in G Minor
- L’Autunno (Autumn) Op. 8 No. 3
- L’Autunno (Autumn) Op. 8 No. 3
- L’Autunno (Autumn) Op. 8 No. 3
- L’Inverno (Winter) Op. 8 No. 4
- L’Inverno (Winter) Op. 8 No. 4
- L’Inverno (Winter) Op. 8 No. 4
Key Credits
- Cello: János Starker
- Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
- Mastering: UltraAnalog CD™ Technology by ABC Studio
- Production: Original Analog Master Tape
史塔克1924年出生于匈牙利布達佩斯的猶太家庭，六歲開始學習大提琴，後來進入李斯特音樂學院。第二次世界大戰結束後，二十歲的史塔克成爲匈牙利國家歌劇院和布達佩斯愛樂的大提琴首席，1946年因政治原故離開匈牙利，從維也納、巴黎輾轉移居美國。定居美國後的史塔克成爲達拉斯交響樂團大提琴首席，接著又先後擔任大都會歌劇院、芝加哥交響樂團大提琴首席，幷且積極發展個人的獨奏事業，幷在布盧明頓的印地安那大學授課。在教學方面，他也是一位非常成功的教師。
史塔克的藝術生涯跨越了60多年的歷程，從1960年代開始，史塔克已經公認是全球最頂尖的大提琴家之一。史塔克有高人的技巧，追求質樸、剛勁的演奏。他重新編訂了巴赫的6首無伴奏組曲，强調了那種粗礪、剛勁的表達。他演奏的科達伊的奏鳴曲，把此曲技巧上的高難表現得游刃有餘堪稱絕活。其中無懈可擊的技巧，在五零年代出版時，甚至讓許多樂評人指責他不該在錄音間利用錄音技術修掉錯音，但事實上，錄音却是完全真實反映他完美的技巧，絲毫不靠錄音技術修飾。年輕時期的史塔克舉世無雙的技巧，却受到「缺乏深度」的不當樂評，令他深受挫折。但是，如今，他端正却不失輕快、經過熟慮的段落處理，瞬息萬變的豐富表情，總能信手拈來，輕鬆自在。他嚴肅看待樂譜的高貴精神，也更能為世人所理解接納。他的唱片數量非常多，錄音以清晰的聲音品質、傳真度極高的平衡感深受收藏家的喜愛。「身歷其境」是這張唱片的特點，正如同《紐約時報》的形容：「就像你在現場聽音樂」，它能讓愛樂者對音樂演奏及音樂廳音效留下深刻的印象。
Born in 1924 in Budapest, Hungary, to a Jewish family, Stark began to study cello at the age of six and later entered the Liszt Conservatory. After the end of the Second World War, at the age of twenty, Stark became the principal cellist of the Hungarian National Opera and the Budapest Philharmonic, and left Hungary in 1946 due to political reasons, and moved to the United States from Vienna and Paris. After settling in the United States, Stark became principal cellist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, then principal cellist of the Metropolitan Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was active in the development of his solo career, as well as in teaching at the University of Indiana in Bloomington. He is also a highly successful teacher.
Stark's artistic career spans more than 60 years, and since the 1960s Stark has been recognized as one of the world's leading cellists. Stark's virtuosic approach is characterized by a quest for rustic, robust playing. He has reworked six of Bach's unaccompanied suites, emphasizing the rough, robust expression. His performance of the Kodály's Sonata is a masterpiece in its technical difficulties. This impeccable technique, which even led many critics to criticize him when it was published in the 1950s for not using recording techniques to fix mistakes in between recordings, is in fact a true reflection of his consummate technique, which is not tampered with in any way by recording techniques. As a young man, Stark was frustrated by the "lack of depth" in the reviews of his world-class technique. Today, however, his formal but brisk, considered phrasing, and his ever-changing expressions are always at his fingertips and at ease. His seriousness about the score is also more understandable to the world. His recordings are very numerous and are highly appreciated by collectors for their clear sound quality and high fidelity balance. The "immersive" quality of this recording, as the New York Times described it, "is like listening to the music live," and it will leave a lasting impression on music lovers about the music being played and the sound of the concert hall.
