Andris Nelsons, today simultaneously Principal Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, was discovered by Orfeo for the album. Christiane Delank, the long-standing artistic director of the label had taken him on to conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the recordings of the two violin concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich with Arabella Steinbacher and realized that in him one of the great conductors of his generation was maturing, a development that took place at breath-taking pace. When he was entrusted with conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, she won him over for the ambitious projects of a complete recording of the symphonies by Tchaikovsky (the first three symphonies were recorded, but no longer released following Nelsons' departure to Boston) together with symphonic poems and other orchestral works by Richard Strauss and works by Stravinsky and Shostakovich. So, Orfeo had the privilege of documenting on album the Birmingham period, the first major international stage in Andris Nelsons' career.
15 Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233~Nebel steigen auf
16 Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233~Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich
17 Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233~Elegie
18 Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233~Stille vor dem Sturm
19 Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233~Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg
20 Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233~Sonnenuntergang
21 Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233~Ausklang
22 Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233~Nacht
23 Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215~Dance of the Seven Veils
24 Applause
- Disc 8 -
1 oiseau de feu~Introduction
2 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Le jardin enchanté de Kachtcheï
3 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Apparition de l'Oiseau de feu, poursuivi par Ivan Tsarévitch
4 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Danse de l'Oiseau de feu
5 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Capture de l'Oiseau de feu par Ivan Tsarévitch
6 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Supplications de l'Oiseau de feu
7 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Apparition des treize princesses enchantées
8 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d'or
9 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Brusque apparition d'Ivan Tsarévitch
10 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Ronde des princesses
11 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Lever du jour
12 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Ivan Tsarévitch pénètre dans la palais de Kachtcheï
13 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Carillon Féerique, apparition des monstres-gardiens de Kachtcheï et capture d'Ivan Tsarévitch
14 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Apparition de Kachtcheï
15 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Dialogue de Kachtcheï avec Ivan Tsarevitch
16 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Intercession des princesses
17 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Apparition de l'Oiseau de feu
18 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Danse de la suite de Kachtcheï
19 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kachtcheï
20 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Berceuse
21 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Réveil de Kachtcheï
22 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Mort de Kachtcheï
23 oiseau de feu~Premier Tableau: Profondes ténèbres
24 oiseau de feu~Second Tableau: Disparition du palais et des sortilèges de Kachtcheï, animation des chavaliers pétrifiès, allégresse générale
25 Symphony of Psalms~Exaudi orationem meam, Domine
26 Symphony of Psalms~Expectans expectavi, Dominum
27 Symphony of Psalms~Alleluia. Laudate Dominum
- Disc 9 -
1 Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"~Allegretto
2 Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"~Moderato (poco allegretto)
3 Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"~Adagio
4 Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"~Allegro non troppo
Andris Nelsons, today simultaneously Principal Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, was discovered by Orfeo for the album. Christiane Delank, the long-standing artistic director of the label had taken him on to conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the recordings of the two violin concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich with Arabella Steinbacher and realized that in him one of the great conductors of his generation was maturing, a development that took place at breath-taking pace. When he was entrusted with conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, she won him over for the ambitious projects of a complete recording of the symphonies by Tchaikovsky (the first three symphonies were recorded, but no longer released following Nelsons' departure to Boston) together with symphonic poems and other orchestral works by Richard Strauss and works by Stravinsky and Shostakovich. So, Orfeo had the privilege of documenting on album the Birmingham period, the first major international stage in Andris Nelsons' career.
