Orchestral, Symphonies, Wagner (composer)

What elevates these performances for me is the fact that Nelsons takes equal care over the string parts...Having said that, the brass certainly don't disappoint either: the outbursts of the... — James Longstaffe, Presto Music, 20th April 2018 More…

If I had to pick one word to describe this recording, it would be ‘ intense’...An unsentimental, unshowy and rather lovely Liebestraum No. 3 opens proceedings; a cathartic Harmonies du soir... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

All of the aspects that I so admired in previous albums are all present and correct here: the warmth of the strings, immensely characterful woodwind playing, and a blazing brass sound at the... — James Longstaffe, Presto Music, 11th February 2022 More…

Might this be the start of a complete Bruckner symphonies from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andris Nelsons? On the strength of this I very much hope so. The orchestra is still on with... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It is a fairly leisurely account, encouraging us to listen to what is happening at the moment rather than what is going to emerge from or follow it. That is fine until we reach the last movement,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Nelsons directs with his customary zest and watchful sensitivity, while securing uncommonly articulate results from his dedicated band…a memorably alive and intrepidly characterful conception... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2015 More…