Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish") and Berg Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ("To the Memory of an Angel"). Andris Nelsons in 2018 conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig . Features violinist Baiba Skride. Here is the full program:
Steffen Schleiermacher Relief for Orchestra (This is a world premiere performance of a piece commissioned for this concert.)
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56
Alban Berg Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Baiba Skride on violin)
Directed for TV by Ute Feudel. Produced by Paul Smaczny. Released 2018, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Read MoreSteven Kazuo Takasugi Sideshow concert. Directed 2018 by Steven Kazuo Takasugi and performed by the Talea Ensemble in New York. The Talea Ensemble features Barry J. Crawford (flute/piccolo), Rane Moore (clarinet), Ryan Muncy (alto saxophone), Alex Lipowski (percussion/vocals), Stephen Gosling (piano), Yuki Numata Resnick (violin), Elizabeth Helgeson (viola), Chris Gross (cello), and David Adamcyk (electronics). Production supervisor was Brent Ness; audio production assistant was Sam Torres; audio production by David Adamcyk; video production by Four/Ten Media; cinematography by Evan Chapman and Kevin Eikenberg. Also features 46 minutes of interviews with the composer and the players. Released 2018, disc has stereo sound only. Grade: NA
Read MoreRachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 and Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps concert. Performed 2009 at the Waldbuhne, Berlin. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker. Features soloist Yefim Bronfman (piano). Here’s the program:
Tchaikovsky “Overture,” “The Christmas Tree,” March,” and “Pas de deux” from The Nutcracker
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps
Released 2009, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Read MoreMendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream and Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony. Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in 2017. Directed by Michael Beyer; produced by Paul Smaczny. Released 2018, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Read MoreRespighi Piano Fountains of Rome/Pines of Rome and Shostakovich Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra concert, a/k/a Fellini, Jazz & Co. concert. Performed 2011 at the Waldbuhne, Berlin. Ricardo Chailly conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker. Here’s the program:
Shostakovich Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra (Suite for Variety Orchestra) and “Allegretto” from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Rota "La Strada” Ballet Suite
Respighi Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and Danza gueresca “Belkis”
Lincke Berliner Luft
Released 2012, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Read MoreBruckner Symphony No. 3 (the "Wagner Symphony"). Christian Thielemann conducts the Dresden Staatskapelle at the Philharmonie Munich in 2016. Video director was Elizabeth Malzer. Released 2017 disc has 5.0 dts-HD Master Audio sound output. Grade: F+
Read MoreMahler Symphonies 1-10. This is a box set of all 10 Mahler symphonies played by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra as conducted by Paavo Järvi. These titles were released earlier as follows:
- Mahler Symphonies 1-2
- Mahler Symphonies 3-4
- Mahler Symphonies 5-6
- Mahler Symphonies 7-8
- Mahler Symphonies 9-10
Released 2015, all discs have 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio. Grade for the full box: F-
Read MoreBruckner Symphony No. 1. Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden in 2017. Directed for TV by Andreas Morell. Released 2018, disc has 5.0 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Read MoreDvořák From the New World symphony concert. Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig in 2017. Features soprano Kristine Opolais. Here's the program :
Dvořák Othello Overture
Dvořák "Mesícku na nebi hlubokém" ("Song to the Moon") from Rusalka (Opolais)
Dvořák Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4 from Gypsy Songs (Opolais)
Dvořák "Polonaise" from Rusalka
Bedřich Smetana How confused I feel? from Dalibor (Opolais)
Oh! it's useless from Rusalka (Opolais)
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Directed for TV by Michael Beyer; produced by Paul Smaczny. Released 2018, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Read MoreBrahms Cycle Box Set with most of Brahms' famous symphonic works performed in three recording venues. Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra. Yefim Bronfman plays the piano and Julia Fischer is the violin soloist. All the music was recorded in 2014 and 2015. There is a bonus with Franz Welser-Möst and Julia Fischer discussing the Violin Concerto. Released 2015, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound.
Read MoreBrahms Violin Concertoand Symphony No. 4 concert. Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in 2014 at Severance Hall, Cleveland. The disc also includes Brahms Academic Festival Overture. Julia Fischer is the violin soloist. This disc also is available as part of a box set with Brahms' most famous symphonic works. Audio Producer Elaine Mortone; TV Director William Cosel; Producer Herbert G. Kloiber. Released 2017, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: For the Violin Concerto: A For Symphony No. 4: D-
Read MoreBrahms Symphonies 1-3. In 2014, Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Symphony No. 1 at the Royal Albert Hall, London and Symphonies 2 and 3 at the Musikverein Golden Hall, Vienna. This disc is also available as part of a box set with Brahms' most famous symphonic works. TV Director was Jonathan Haswell for Symphony 1 and Brian Large for Symphonies 2 and 3. Herbert G. Kloiber was Producer. Released 2018, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: For Symphony No. 1 B- For Symphonies 2 and 3: B
Read MoreBrahms Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2. Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in 2015 at Severance Hall, Cleveland. Yefim Bronfman is the Piano soloist. The disc also includes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn and Tragic Overture. This disc is available as part of a box set with Brahms' most famous symphonic works. Audio Producer was Christoph Claßen; TV Director was William Cosel; Producer was Herbert G. Kloiber. Released 2017, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade for both piano concertos: B+ (The Variations and Tragic Overture are not graded.)
Read MoreMahler Symphony No. 3. Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the female voices of the Arnold Schoenberg Choir Vienna, and the Tölzer Knabenchor in 2007. Mezzo-soprano Anna Larson is the soloist contralto. Directed for TV by Michael Beyer. Released in 2009, this disc has 5.1 PCM sound. Grade: C+
Read MoreMahler Symphony No. 5. Riccardo Chailly conducts the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. Directed for TV by Henning Kasten; sound production by Sebastian Braun; produced by Günter Atteln and Paul Smaczny. Released 2014, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: C
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