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Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios album review – Andris Nelsons’ prodigious talent on full display

The Latvian conductor finds dynamic light and shade in seven discs’ worth of special performances with an orchestra once led by the composer himself

The Guardian - UK

Why has one of the world’s great conductors been shown the door?

Andris Nelsons is to leave the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The shock decision is strongly opposed by the players. What is going on, and what, should a music director’s role be? Plus: why Timothée Chalamet is an eejit

The Guardian - UK

Andris Nelsons out as music director of Boston Symphony at end of 2026-27 season

Andris Nelsons is leaving as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra after the board decides not to renew him

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Leipzig Gewandhaus/ Nelsons review – poignancy, poetry and powerful Sibelius in wide-ranging Prom

The venerable orchestra – among the world’s oldest – brought Pärt, Sibelius and Dvořák to the Proms. Isabelle Faust’s sensitive reading of the latter’s Violin Concerto was sleek and organic; the Sibelius well-paced and weighty

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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk album review – controversial opera’s drama is dulled

The impact of Shostakovich’s savagely ironic and historically significant composition is neutered in a disappointing recording taken from live performance

The Guardian - UK

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie album review – Yuja Wang’s solo piano dazzles

Wang brings her characteristic brilliance to the obbligato line of Messaien’s symphony, part of a whole that, under Nelsons and the Boston Symphony, doesn’t fully convince

The Guardian - UK

Shostakovich: Symphonies 2, 3, 12 and 13 album review – Nelsons ends his cycle as convincingly as it began

Although for some of these performances revolutionary zeal is replaced by routine, the 13th stands apart

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The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Nelsons – review

The LSO gave Simon Rattle an unforgettable send-off in Mahler’s Ninth, while the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons turned on the style with Stravinsky, Ravel and Gershwin

The Guardian - UK

Prom 52: Boston SO/ Nelsons review – weighty lyricism and ravishing reflection

The Boston Symphony showed signature depth in a grand Prokofiev Fifth, and splendidly contrasting textures in both Strauss and an emotionally driven premiere from US composer Julia Adolphe

The Guardian - UK

Carnegie Hall returns to pre-pandemic full schedule in 23-24

Carnegie Hall will reach its pre-pandemic level of 170 concerts during a 2023-24 season that includes a focus on the fall of the Weimar Republic

The Independent UK

The week in classical: Leipzig Gewandhaus/ Nelsons; Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Manze

The earth all but moved as Andris Nelsons and the mighty Gewandhaus brought their Strauss Project to London

The Guardian - UK

Leipzig Gewandhaus/Nelsons review – exquisite and thrilling Strauss from a great orchestra

Andris Nelsons’ detailed approach to Strauss creates a stunning, opulent sound although at points the drama the music needed was lacking

The Guardian - UK

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Nelsons at Barbican Hall review: An unforgettable experience

This unique ensemble played their all-Strauss programme gloriously

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Anguish of war permeates Boston Symphony's 2022-23 season

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is sounding a somber note with a new season that will give musical expression to the horrors of war

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Boston Symphony Orchestra cancels Europe dates over COVID

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has canceled its European tour because of an increase in positive coronavirus cases among orchestra members as well as concerns about the rising number of cases on both sides of the Atlantic

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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 1 and 5, etc review – Nelsons’ buoyant reading lets the lyricism flow

The conductor’s latest journey through Bruckner (and Wagner) is typically extrovert, allowing the music to flow naturally

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