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... —
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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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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... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Special offer. Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Academic Festival Overture
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
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... —
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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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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... —
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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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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... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedElizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Choral Performance
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New. Brahms: Variationen über ein Thema von Joseph Haydn and extracts from the rehearsal
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Herbert Blomstedt
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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... —
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This live performance of Bruckner’s last symphony filmed in the basilica of St Florian provides a memorable epilogue to last year’s bicentenary celebrations, noble and life-affirming...Taken... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Video (Performance/Documentary)
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This live performance of Bruckner’s last symphony filmed in the basilica of St Florian provides a memorable epilogue to last year’s bicentenary celebrations, noble and life-affirming...Taken... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Video (Performance and Documentaries)
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