Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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...
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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...
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Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig continue their award-winning Bruckner cycle. This time the Symphonies are coupled with the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. There’s a consistently superb playing from all sections of the orchestra, but it’s the transparency of the strings that gives the textures such buoyancy; nothing is too emphatic or insistent.” - The Guardian
Contents and tracklist
- Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Andris Nelsons
- Recorded: 2021-05-21
- Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
- Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Andris Nelsons
- Recorded: 2020-11-13
- Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
- Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Andris Nelsons
- Recorded: 2019-05-12
- Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Spotlight on this release
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Andris Nelsons completes his Bruckner cycle with the Gewandhausorchester
11th Feb 2022
The Latvian conductor and his Leipzig ensemble complete their cycle of Bruckner symphonies with radiant, dramatic performances of Symphonies 1 and 5.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week11th February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Nominated - Conductor of the Year
11th February 2022
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 climaxes. The First Symphony is especially impressive in this regard, with Nelsons ensuring that the string passagework is never buried in the mix, even when the brass are at their strongest.
