De carrière van Pablo Heras-Casado is in een stroomversnelling geraakt. Niet alleen begeleidt hij Placido Domingo op zijn nieuwe Verdi-album, komend seizoen maakt hij ook zijn debuut bij grote internationale orkesten als New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra en Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig én debuteert bij de Metropolitan Opera. Met de Freiburger staat een grote tournee gepland en nu verschijnt al een fraaie opname van Schuberts derde en vierde symfonie voor Harmonia Mundi.
Schubert: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4 'Tragic'
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
In his first recording for harmonia mundi Pablo Heras-Casado gives us two of Schubert's six symphonies performed with Freiburger Barockorchester. The carefree Third of 1815 ends with a Rossinian tarantella whilst the darker Fourth (1816) looks more towards Beethoven. The subtitle 'Tragic' came from the 19-year-old composer himself but perhaps the real tragedy is that this symphony, like all his others, was never played in public in his lifetime.
A second album, featuring Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Mendelssohn's Symphony No.2, "Lobgesang", follows in March 2014. Meanwhile Deutsche Grammophon's Archiv Produktion – which recently welcomed Heras-Casado as an "Archiv Ambassador" – has announced an album celebrating legendary castrato singer Farinelli. Pablo Heras-Casado enjoys an unusually varied conducting career, encompassing the great symphonic and operatic repertoire, historically-informed performance and cutting-edge contemporary scores. In 2011 he was announced Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York, beginning a four-year term including an annual concert season at Carnegie Hall.
In 2013/14 Heras-Casado debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig – as well as at the Metropolitan Opera, where he conducts Verdi's 'Rigoletto'. He will also tour with Freiburger Barockorchester and guest-conduct a series of concert and opera performances at the Mariinsky Theatre.
