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Berg: Violin Concerto & Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
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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New, Offer, St. Thomas Choir Leipzig
Featuring Performances of St Matthew Passion & Mass in B Minor
Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Freiburger Barockorchester
Georg Christoph Biller
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
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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Dvořák: From The New World
Kristine Opolais (soprano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
The piece that fits well with the New World is the concert overture, Othello…Nelsons conveys the work’s turbulent passions, with marvellous control over dynamics and articulation…the sense of... — More…
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
The keynote here is momentum, never forced except when it needs to feel that way...Right from the way Chailly flecks the short note of the cellos' opening arrhythmia, there's a superhuman level... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
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…
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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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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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Offer, Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
Kiyoko Kimura, Christoph Böhm, Oksana Kulchytska (dancers), Eunyee You (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor) & Friedemann Röhlig (bass)
Leipzig Ballet, Choir of the Leipzig Opera & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Balázs Kocsár
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan'
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
There is nothing inappropriate or anticlimactic about this performance…You can see the right emotions featured in Chailly’s face. His eyes are shut, Karajan-like, at the creation of the world,... — More…