Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 2 & Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude

I like Nelsons’s approach [in No. 8], and the orchestra is magnificent...The Leipzigers have the right kind of sound, but Nelsons seems uncertain how smoothly the music should flow, so though... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 5th Feb 2021
Catalogue No: 4839834
Label: DG
Series: Nelsons Bruckner Symphonies
Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture

Work length10:28

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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Andris Nelsons
Recorded: 2019-12-08
Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C minor

Work length58:10

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2nd Version 1877, Ed. William Carragan
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Andris Nelsons
Recorded: 2019-12-08
Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

I. Moderato

Track length18:26

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II. Andante. Feierlich, etwas bewegt

Track length16:58

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III. Scherzo. Mäßig schnell - Trio. Gleiches Tempo

Track length6:32

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IV. Finale. Mehr schnell

Track length16:14

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Work length1:21:57

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Version 1890, Ed. Leopold Nowak
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Andris Nelsons
Recorded: 2019-09-06
Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

I. Allegro moderato

Track length16:29

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II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio. Langsam

Track length14:46

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III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend

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IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell

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Recording of the Week, Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner's Second and Eighth Symphonies

5th February 2021

The Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons continue their Bruckner cycle with sublime, lyrical performances of the Second and Eighth Symphonies.

Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig continue their award-winning Bruckner cycle. This time the Symphonies are coupled with Wagner’s Meistersinger Prelude. The Orchestra and the Latvian Maestro recently announced the extension of their acclaimed partnership until 2027. In 2019 The Times (UK) raved about Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester’s visit to the BBC Proms, “He [Bruckner] really does have to be played very, very well if the spaces that suddenly open up around the notes are not to seem a slackening of tension. It was one of the outstanding features of Nelsons’s reading – among the best Bruckner interpretations I’ve heard – that they never did. Every standstill was pregnant with consequence; and, while one could relish the beauty of sound [...] one felt the pacing hidden in the background. Detail was luxurious, but architecture paramount, and Nelsons’s unshowy approach profoundly impressive. One could almost believe one had come across that impossible thing: the ego-less conductor. No exhibitionism here. He revealed Bruckner, with a relentless vision that takes us into the strangest places, as greater than ever.”

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April 2021

I like Nelsons’s approach [in No. 8], and the orchestra is magnificent...The Leipzigers have the right kind of sound, but Nelsons seems uncertain how smoothly the music should flow, so though I found his account of it decent, it lacks the anxiety which surely pervades all Bruckner’s works.

March 2021

In this new account of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony, Andris Nelsons and his Leipzig players provide a masterclass in the creation of a sound world that perfectly serves their larger purpose. It’s a palette, what’s more, that’s been created from within the ensemble, not imposed from without…This, then, is a performance whose orchestral playing alone would guarantee it a place in the pantheon.

5th February 2021

His mission is seemingly to eschew a more strident approach where everything becomes just a boisterous, blaring festival of brass, concentrating instead on ensuring that interesting details and counter-melodies don't get lost in the mix...Focussing on the lyrical aspect of Bruckner's music works extremely successfully in the slow movement of the Eighth: the tranquil radiance of the Leipzig strings in the opening bars is quite mesmerising.

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 2 & Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude

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Recording of the Week, Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner's Second and Eighth Symphonies