Franck & Chausson: Symphonies Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Jean-Luc Tingaud

• César Franck (1822 - 1890): Symphony in D Minor, M. 48:
• 1 Franck: Symphony in D Minor, M. 48: I. Lento - Allegro non troppo 18:15
• 2 Franck: Symphony in D Minor, M. 48: II. Allegretto 10:09
• 3 Franck: Symphony in D Minor, M. 48: III. Allegro non troppo 10:34
• Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899): Symphony in B-Flat Major, Op. 20:
• 4 Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat Major, Op. 20: I. Lent - Allegro vivo 12:31
• 5 Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat Major, Op. 20: II. Très lent 08:38
• 6 Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat Major, Op. 20: III. Animé 11:49
• Total Runtime 01:11:56

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César Franck's only symphony was written at a time when the French musical world was trying to compete with the great Austro-German tradition. The 'darkness-to-light' narrative of the D minor Symphony is indebted to Beethoven, and its distinctive themes, innovative cyclical form and overall gravitas are uniquely powerful. Franck's pupil Ernest Chausson was undoubtedly inspired by his teacher's thematic metamorphoses, but Wagner's agonizing influence is also omnipresent. The published score of the B flat major Symphony contains many errors, which conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud carefully corrected after careful study of Chausson's autograph manuscripts. César Francks einzige Sinfonie entstand zu einer Zeit, als die französische Musikwelt versuchte, mit der großen deutsch-österreichischen Tradition zu konkurrieren. Die »Dunkelheit-zum-Licht«-Erzählung der d-moll-Sinfonie ist Beethoven zu verdanken, und ihre unverwechselbaren Themen, die innovative zyklische Form und die allgemeine Gravität sind von einzigartiger Kraft. Francks Schüler Ernest Chausson wurde zweifellos von den thematischen Metamorphosen seines Lehrers inspiriert, aber auch der qualvolle Einfluss Wagners ist allgegenwärtig. Die veröffentlichte Partitur der B-Dur-Sinfonie enthält viele Fehler, die der Dirigent Jean-Luc Tingaud nach sorgfältigem Studium von Chaussons autographen Manuskripten sorgfältig korrigiert hat.

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Jean-Luc Tingaud, conductor

Jean-Luc Tingaud
After studying the piano and conducting at the Paris National Conservatoire, Jean-Luc Tingaud was chosen by Manuel Rosenthal to be his assistant. Rosenthal, himself a pupil of Maurice Ravel, was a formative influence, instilling in the younger man his passion for French music.

Opera has always been one of Jean-Luc Tingaud's main interests. Since 2001 he has been a regular guest at the Wexford Festival where, amongst other things, he has conducted Massenet’s Sapho, Fauré’s Pénélope, and Chabrier’s Le Roi malgré lui. Other engagements have included Le nozze di Figaro, Mireille, L’elisir d’amore, La bohème, Così fan tutte, Carmen and Faust at the Théâtre d'Herblay in Paris, Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette at the Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Werther at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca, La Damnation de Faust in Reims, Pelléas et Mélisande and Carmen at the Opéra de Toulon, Le Siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Festival in Wildbad, Faust at the Macerata Festival, The Turn of the Screw at the Opéra de Lille, L’Heure espagnole with l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Paris, Dialogues des carmélites, Madama Butterfly and La bohème for Pittsburgh Opera and Pelléas et Mélisande at the Prague National Theatre.

His discography includes Sapho recorded at Wexford (Fonè), Werther recorded at Martina Franca (Dynamic), La Voix humaine recorded at Compiègne (DVD) and Le Siège de Corinthe (Naxos) recorded at Bad Wildbad. Recently he has begun a series of recordings of symphonic music for Naxos; the first two, of music by Dukas (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, La Péri and Symphony in C) and Bizet (Roma, Patrie, Jeux d’enfants etc.) with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, and the third, of music by d’Indy, including his Symphony No.2, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. A fourth CD with the RTÉ NSO, of music by Poulenc (Les Biches, Sinfonietta and Les Animaux modèles), was released in May 2018.

In 2004 he made his London debut at the Barbican conducting the English Chamber Orchestra with soloists Joshua Bell and Steven Isserlis. Other orchestras he has worked with include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, the Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, the Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Warsaw and Krakow Philharmonic Orchestras, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre National de Lyon and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and he has recently been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Krakow.

Recent engagements have included The Pearl Fishers for English National Opera, a tour of UK venues, including London, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, his debut at the Arena di Verona conducting Roméo et Juliette with a cast including Vittorio Grigolo and Lana Kos, La Fille du régiment at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Die Entführung aus dem Serail for The Grange Festival and Carmen at the New National Theatre Tokyo.

Future plans include recordings of music by César Franck, including the complete Psyché, and Massenet with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Spontini’s Fernand Cortez in Florence, Donizetti’s L’ange de Nisida in Bergamo and Lakmé at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing. In 2020 he will make his debut with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo.

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB)
For many years, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) has held an internationally recognised position in the front ranks of German radio orchestras and Berlin’s top orchestras. Most recently, from 2001 to 2016, the orchestra’s noteworthy expertise in German Romantic and late Romantic repertoire was cultivated under the leadership of Marek Janowski, culminating in a world-acclaimed ten-part Wagner cycle as well as leaving behind a complete recording of the symphonies of Hans Werner Henze (WERGO, 2014). Janowski‘s predecessor, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, helped raise the orchestra’s standards to an exemplary level in togetherness and developed a full symphonic tone.

In autumn 2017, Vladimir Jurowski took over the reigns as chief conductor and artistic director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Vladimir Jurowski has inherited the orchestra from his predecessor in an excellent state of development, as Jurowski himself never fails to emphasise. Nevertheless, new positive qualities in the orchestral work culture have developed under Jurowski’s tenure, resulting in a more cooperative creative process. At Vladimir Jurowski’s side, the young American conductor Karina Canellakis served as Principal Guest Conductor of the RSB from 2019 to 2023.

The history of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin goes back to the first musical hour of the German radio in October 1923. The former principal conductors, including Sergiu Celibidache, Eugen Jochum, Hermann Abendroth, Rolf Kleinert and Heinz Rögner, shaped an ensemble that has endured the vicissitudes of German history in the 20th century in a unique way.

The RSB has become a top address for outstanding young conductors on the international music scene: Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Vasily Petrenko, Jakub Hrůša, Alain Altinoglu, Omer Meir Wellber, Alondra de la Parra, Lahav Shani, Karina Canellakis, Thomas Søndergård, Nicholas Carter, Antonello Manacorda and Bernard Labadie. Many of them have made their Berlin debuts with the RSB and have been returning as regular guests. From the middle generation of conductors, Sylvain Cambreling and Jukka-Pekka Saraste will be coming back to conduct the RSB.

Since its foundation in 1923, important contemporary composers have appeared on the podium of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, or have performed their own works as soloists: Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Sergei Prokofiev, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schönberg, Igor Stravinsky, Vladimir Vogel, Kurt Weill and Alexander Zemlinsky, and more recently, Krzysztof Penderecki, Peter Maxwell Davies, Friedrich Goldmann, Berthold Goldschmidt, Siegfried Matthus, Matthias Pintscher, Peter Ruzicka, Heinz Holliger, Daniel Schnyder, Jörg Widmann, Thomas Adès and Brett Dean.

The post for Composer in Residence at the RSB was occupied in recent years by Brett Dean and Marko Nikodijević. In 2021/2022 the Russian composer Jelena Firssowa follows them.

In addition to symphony and chamber music concerts, radio recordings and CD productions, the orchestra engages with the younger audience through its family and children’s concerts. Numerous musicians commit themselves personally in taking part in chamber music and other ambitious projects for young people. A third of RSB’s activities now consist of projects working with the coming generation, with much of it taking place behind the scenes in non-public spaces. The Verein der Freunde und Förderer des RSB e.V. (Association of Friends and Sponsors of the RSB) is particularly involved in these sustainable, forward-looking activities of the RSB.

Deutschlandradio, with its radio stations Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandfunk Kultur, is the largest shareholder (40%) of the Rundfunk-Orchester und -Chöre GmbH Berlin (ROC), which was founded in 1994 and institutionally supports the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) and three other orchestras in the German capital. ROC Berlin also relies on strong partners: the Federal Republic of Germany (35%), the State of Berlin (20%) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (5%).

All of the RSB’s symphony concerts are broadcast on radio thanks to its close ties to Deutschlandfunk Kultur in Berlin, Deutschlandfunk in Cologne and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). Many broadcasts are heard worldwide via the affiliated stations of the European Broadcasting Union (Euroradio). The cooperation with Deutschlandradio continues to yield fruitful results on CD recordings. Five recordings under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski have opened a new chapter in production since 2015, which continues to unfold through excellent live and studio CD recordings. The ten live recordings of the concert cycle of Wagner’s works (2010 to 2013, PENTATONE) under the direction of Marek Janowski earned great acclaim on the international recording market. Production also continues with labels such as Capriccio, cpo, Orfeo, Naxos and Sony Classical. Numerous recordings have been awarded German and international record prizes. The RSB also has a live presence nationally and internationally. For more than 50 years, it has been giving regular guest performances in Japan and Korea as well as at German and European festivals and in musical centres worldwide.

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