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Mendelssohn from Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester
3rd Apr 2026
The Latvian conductor pays homage to his predecessor in Leipzig with fresh, driven accounts of the symphonies and major oratorios which embrace the DNA of earlier approaches without ever sounding self-consciously old-school.
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Shostakovich Concertos and Symphonies from Andris Nelsons
28th Mar 2025
For the fiftieth anniversary of Shostakovich's death, Deutsche Grammophon have gathered together all fifteen of the composer's symphonies performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their music director, alongside new recordings of all six concertos and the opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District.
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Andris Nelsons conducts symphonies by Shostakovich
25th Jun 2021
The latest instalment in the Boston Symphony Orchestra's cycle of Shostakovich symphonies juxtaposes the First and Fifteenth Symphonies, alongside expressive performances of the Fourteenth Symphony and the Chamber Symphony in C minor.
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Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner's Second and Eighth Symphonies
5th Feb 2021
The Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons continue their Bruckner cycle with sublime, lyrical performances of the Second and Eighth Symphonies.
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Andris Nelsons continues his Shostakovich cycle with Symphonies 6 & 7
22nd Feb 2019
Andris Nelsons continues his Shostakovich series with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with thrillingly detailed accounts of the Sixth and Seventh symphonies.
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Shostakovich Symphonies 4 & 11 from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th Jul 2018
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offer highly characterful and stunningly-performed accounts of Shostakovich's Fourth and Eleventh Symphonies.
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Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester perform Bruckner
20th Apr 2018
James enjoys magnificently sonorous performances of two symphonies by Anton Bruckner.
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Brahms Symphonies from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
26th May 2017
James listens to Andris Nelsons' new complete Brahms cycle with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner's Third Symphony
5th May 2017
James listens to Andris Nelsons' first recording with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - a stirring account of Bruckner's Third Symphony.
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Andris Nelsons conducts symphonies by Shostakovich
27th May 2016
James enjoys Andris Nelsons' take on three of Shostakovich's greatest symphonies with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Andris Nelsons conducts Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony
31st Jul 2015
Katherine enjoys Andris Nelsons' new recording of Shostakovich's turbulent Tenth Symphony.
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Andris Nelsons conducts Sibelius and Wagner
5th Jan 2015
James listens to Andris Nelsons’s début recording with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
