Blu-Ray Video, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (orchestra)
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Erika Sunnegårdh (soprano), Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Christiane Oelze (soprano), Lioba Braun (alto), Gerhild Romberger (alto), Stephen Gould (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone) & Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
How good to see Riccardo Chailly so radiant at the end of this great event. It's an exhilaration he earns through sheer work as well as injecting the adrenalin at most of the right moments...Chailly... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Simona Saturova (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Christian Elsner (tenor) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
MDR Rundfunkchor, GewandhausChor, GewandhausKinderchor & Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass)
Gewandhausorchester, Dresdner Kammerchor, Herbert Blomstedt
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Christiane Oelze (soprano) & Sarah Connolly (alto)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor, Berliner Rundfunkchor & GewandhausChor, Riccardo Chailly
[Chailly] has turned wiry Gewandhaus strings into muscular proponents; the first real moment of magic is when he gives the cor anglais space to etch the Alpine idyll at the heart of the first... — More…
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Stefan Kahle (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Martin Lattke (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, St. Thomas Cantor Georg Christoph Biller
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JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Patrick Grahl (tenor), Elvira Bill (alto), Klaus Häger (bass), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gotthold Schwarz
Bright, vigorous choral singing, five excellent vocal soloists and many a polished instrumental obbligato add up to a splendid reading. — More…
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St. Thomas Choir Leipzig
Featuring Performances of St Matthew Passion & Mass in B Minor
Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Freiburger Barockorchester
Georg Christoph Biller
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Andris Nelsons - Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester, Matthias Goerne, Baiba Skride, Kristine Opolais, Andris Nelsons
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