Coming Soon,
Chailly returns to Brahms
We hear that Riccardo Chailly is back in the studio in Leipzig this week, recording the two Brahms Serenades with the Gewandhausorchester for release on Decca next November.
Chailly's recordings of the complete symphonies and major orchestral works with the orchestra (released late last year) won widespread critical acclaim, and indeed the orchestral category at the recent BBC Music Magazine Awards; the Sunday Times described them as 'richly stimulating performances' and any regular readers may recall that I enjoyed Chailly's willingness to 'set aside tradition and to come up with something that sounded different'.
Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Recent recordings from Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester:
Released earlier this month, this disc includes both Piano Concertos (with Saleem Ashkar as soloist), the incidental music from A Midsummer Night's Dream and - in a world premiere recording of Christopher Hogwood's critical edition - the Ruy Blas Overture.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC
Recorded live at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig last February, the most recent instalment of Chailly's acclaimed Mahler series includes bonus footage of the conductor discussing his interpretation of the work.
Available Format: DVD Video
Soprano Christina Landshamer joins the Gewandhaus forces for the Fourth Symphony, recorded in April 2012; also includes audio of Mahler performing the final movement of the work on the Welte-Mignon Piano Player Device.
Available Format: DVD Video
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