Credits:

Hewitt, Angela

Description:

In October, the Gewandhaus Orchestra extended his term as Kapellmeister until 2027, while the Boston Symphony Orchestra extended his term as Music Director until 2025. Nelsons is a conductor who is gaining the trust of two prestigious orchestras. The Bruckner series with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, a stronghold of the German musical tradition, has reached its climax with the appearance of the masterpiece No. 8. The coupling is also the C minor No. 2 and the Prelude to the first act of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg. In Recorded Arts Magazine's Readers' Choice 2019, three of the ten best discs of 2019 were popularly voted by readers and writers as #1 (Beethoven Symphonies), #4 (Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9), and #10 (Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 6), and three discs were Nelsons, which were selected. (Three discs were also ranked #2, #6, and #8 in 2018.) The support has been overwhelming. Universal Music/IMS

Tracklisting:

1.Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Prelude to Act I
2.Symphony No. 2 in C Minor WAB 102~1. Moderato
3.Symphony No. 2 in C Minor WAB 102~2. Andante, Feierlich, etwas bewegt
4.Symphony No. 2 in C Minor WAB 102~3. Scherzo. Massig schnell - Trio. Gleiches Tempo
5.Symphony No. 2 in C Minor WAB 102~4. Finale. Mehr schnell