Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'eroica'/haydn: Symphony No. 71/bruckner: Symphonies No. 2 & No. 9

[Machine Translation] This box set is a collection of three albums of recordings made by Hiroshi Wakasugi in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the last period when he held an important post in Europe, and when he was the Music Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (1986-1995), during which he performed the complete works of "Mahler & the New Vienna School" and other remarkable activities. He also guest conducted the Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra during his tenure as Music Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (1986-1995), and his recordings are compiled on three albums. Starting with his success as a concert conductor with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, he was also invited to guest conduct in Germany, where he was active in all aspects of the orchestra and embodied the essence of German orchestral music, making guest appearances in important repertoire such as Haydn, Beethoven, and Bruckner. This is a monumental collection of recordings made as a by-product of the concerts entrusted to him by the orchestra, and it proves that Hiroshi Wakasugi had reached a pioneering musical stage as a Japanese conductor not only in the field of opera but also in the field of concerts. This is a Japan-only release.

このボックス・セットは若杉弘が1980年代後半から90年代前半、ヨーロッパで重要なポストを持ち活躍した最後の時代であると同時に、「マーラー&新ウィーン楽派」全曲演奏など瞠目された活動を東京都交響楽団の音楽監督 (1986～1995)として行った時代に、ザールブリュッケン放送交響楽団と南西ドイツ放送交響楽団に客演指揮し録音したレコーディングを3枚のアルバムにまとめたもの。コンサート指揮者としてケルン放送交響楽団での成功を皮切りに客演指揮に招待された本場ドイツのオーケストラでも八面六臂の活躍しながら、ドイツ・オーケストラ音楽の神髄を体現していた時代にハイドン、ベートーヴェン、ブルックナーといった重要なレパートリーを客演したオーケストラから任されたコンサートの副産物として録音されたもので、若杉弘がオペラだけではなくコンサートのフィールドでも日本人指揮者として先達的音楽境地に達していたことを証左する記念碑的なレコーディングの集大成。 日本独自企画盤。