Herbert Blomstedt
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These two discs hardly need reviewing: they contain perfect performances of two of the greatest symphonies ever written, recorded with extra directness and detail...I’d put these performances... — More…
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Record Review, 9th July 2022, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Orchestral Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Blomstedt takes a decidedly autumnal view of Brahms’s Second Symphony – and he has every right to do so...His lingering account of the first movement alone occupies well over 20 minutes…With... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Herbert Blomstedt
[Blomstedt] must be the oldest conductor still at work with some of the world’s major orchestras, but there’s nothing old-fashioned about these warm and heartfelt performances of Mozart ’s last... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
2 CDs
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This disc is special. Whether it’s the frisson of live performance or the fact that Blomstedt came to these scores late in life and is radiating the joy of discovery, I can’t say. What I do... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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You won’t hear lovelier playing of Brahms’s music, nor clearer presentation of its ceaselessly inventive inner workings. What doesn’t come across as strongly is how these are two of the greatest... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies
Simona Šaturová (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Christian Elsner (tenor) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor, GewandhausChor & GewandhausKinderchor, Herbert Blomstedt
Blomstedt’s Beethoven seems ‘right’: tempi are never too fast or too slow, but never staid, and phrasing is alive with rhythmic energy and cumulative momentum. His Leipzig players give their... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Best Collection
5 CDs
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Mozart: Symphony No. 38 'Prague' & Voříšek: Symphony in D Major
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
in their own terms these are superbly handsome performances, with an amplitude relating to the grand manner of the ‘Prague’ Symphony in particular, and with recorded sound to match. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 RecommendedSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Orchestral
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The playing of the Staatskapelle Dresden is quite excellent, with fine work from the strings and commendable clarity of wind textures. This may be “big-band” Schubert, but never once did I sense... — More…
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Blomstedt’s attention to detail is admirable, and his performances are wonderfully controlled. Perhaps the Symphony’s slow movement lingers a little more than necessary, but the orchestral playing... — More…
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