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Offer, Weinberg: Trumpet Concerto & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
The Leipzig players do [Chailly] proud. There are so many stunning solos, from tenor horn at the start to the first trumpet who never splits brilliant top notes in the finale, that names should... — More…
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Baiba Skride (violin)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
This Fifth might even be caricatured as vaguely retro...The Leipzig team works hard to invigorate old-school expressive intentions with precise, sometimes glorious playing...The concerto may... — More…
As recorded in Leipzig's handsome new(ish) Gewandhaus Hall, the sound is a feast in its own right - a lovely balance of clarity, spaciousness, and glowing warmth. — More…
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Offer, JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Patrick Grahl (tenor), Elvira Bill (alto), Klaus Häger (bass), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gotthold Schwarz
Bright, vigorous choral singing, five excellent vocal soloists and many a polished instrumental obbligato add up to a splendid reading. — More…
The concert’s torso makes sense on its own terms – a pair of late and tragic symphonies – and so do the cultivated polish of the Gewandhaus players and the fluent phrase-making of their maestro.... — More…
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Erika Sunnegårdh (soprano), Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Christiane Oelze (soprano), Lioba Braun (alto), Gerhild Romberger (alto), Stephen Gould (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone) & Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
How good to see Riccardo Chailly so radiant at the end of this great event. It's an exhilaration he earns through sheer work as well as injecting the adrenalin at most of the right moments...Chailly... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Christina Landshamer (soprano)
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
abundant virtues...a sense of naturally flowing tempi, an ear for inner parts within the whole, a vitality that captures the pristine glow of this most innocent of all Mahler symphonies. Chailly... — More…
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Chailly takes us on a journey from darkness to light...He's a pleasure to watch, being neither over-demonstrative nor affectedly matter-of-fact. He looks like what he's conducting and one sense... — More…
