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This upbeat introduction to the new year finds the Latvian maestro in genial form, with a rip-roaring account of Johann Strauss II’s Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka as well as novelties by Carl Michael... — More…
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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…
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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…
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Puccini: Turandot
Maria Guleghina (Turandot), Marcello Giordani (Calàf), Marina Poplavskaya (Liù), Samuel Ramey (Timur)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, Andris Nelsons
Zeffirelli's classic 1990s Met production, unashamedly glitzy, crowded and spectacular comes up remarkably fresh in this second video incarnation...Guleghina's ice-princess is intensely feminine...Giordano... — More…
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a terrific memento of a marvellous concert...The performance of the New World...is out of the top drawer, with the same outstanding qualities as their audio recording....Nelsons makes the Symphony... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, DVD of the Month
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The physicality of Nelsons's conducting...is assuredly part of his attraction...Aside from Nelsons's gymnastics, the players' ease and palpable enjoyment regularly catch the cameras' eyes. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, DVD of the Month
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Berg: Violin Concerto & Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony
Baiba Skride (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Head buried in the score, Nelsons nonetheless holds a firm grip on the relentless motor rhythms powering the event’s premiere, commissioned from Steffen Schleiermacher…Skride gives a requiescal... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Puccini: La Bohème
Teodor Ilincai (Rodolfo), Hibla Gerzmava (Mimì), Gabriele Viviani (Marcello), Inna Dukach (Musetta), Kostas Smoriginas (Colline), Jacques Imbrailo (Schaunard), Jeremy White (Benoit), Donald Maxwell (Alcindoro)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andris Nelsons (conductor)...
In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, DVD Choice
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Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
RecommendedPeter Serkin (piano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello & director), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Emanuel Ax (piano), James Taylor (vocals & guitar)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, David Zinman, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons,...
If this all sounds rather eclectic, well, yes it is – but it all hangs together beautifully as a celebration of the festival’s diversity and joie de vivre. The performance styles, too, come together... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd July 2013
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An Evening with the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Leanne Benjamin, Alina Cojocaru & Johan Kobborg, Luke Heydon & Carlos Acosta, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae, Marianela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Christopher Saunders, William Tuckett, Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Miah...
