Latest News: Classical, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
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Recording of the Week,
Cherubini from Riccardo Chailly and Filarmonica della Scala 7th February 2020The Italian conductor and orchestra present nine world premiere recordings of occasional marches alongside energetic accounts of the Overture in G minor and Symphony.
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Recording of the Week,
Works by Richard Strauss from Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra 6th September 2019Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in thrillingly-detailed and impassioned performances of four orchestral works by Richard Strauss.
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Recording of the Week,
The Fellini Album - The Film Music of Nino Rota 21st June 2019Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly enchant and delight in an album celebrating the legendary and prolific collaboration between director Federico Fellini and composer Nino Rota.
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Recording of the Week,
Riccardo Chailly conducts a world premiere recording of music by Stravinsky 12th January 2018James enjoys a stunning new disc of orchestral music by Stravinsky, including the world premiere recording of a recently-discovered early work, Chant funèbre.
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Recording of the Week,
Brahms Serenades from Riccardo Chailly 2nd February 2015James listens to Riccardo Chailly's latest disc of Brahms with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven Symphonies from Thielemann and Chailly 23rd January 2012Thielemann offers a cycle in the grand Germanic tradition with the Wiener Philharmoniker, whilst Chailly’s interpretations with Gewandhausorchester Leipzig emphasise lightness and freshness without ever sounding too hard-driven or breathless. James puts the case for each approach.