Composer: Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release: 2021
Size: 4.65 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
01. Prelude
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, WAB 102 – 2nd Version 1877, Ed. William Carragan
02. I. Moderato
03. II. Andante. Feierlich, etwas bewegt
04. III. Scherzo. Mäßig schnell – Trio. Gleiches Tempo
05. IV. Finale. Mehr schnell
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 – Version 1890, Ed. Leopold Nowak
06. I. Allegro moderato
07. II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato – Trio. Langsam
08. III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend
09. IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
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.”