Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - Complete Symphonies - DVD

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Star conductor Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden present a brand new recording of all four symphonies of Robert Schumann, who lived in Dresden from 1844 to 1850 and wrote his second symphony there. His symphonies are considered masterpieces amongst German romantic symphonic works. This cycle, which was recorded live at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, receiving great critical acclaim, is a new milestone in Schumann interpretation. InchThe Staatskapelle's sumptuous playing is hard to fault...Inch (The Guardian) A bonus on this is InchDiscovering Schumann,Inch which features Christian Thielemann talking about Schumann´s Symphonies and his interpretations.

The Brahms interpretations of Paavo Järvi, the Grammy Award-winning Estonian-American conductor, and his Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen have been receiving the highest public and critical acclaim. InchA Brahms revelationInch was the headline in the New Yorker, for the Zeit it's Incha reference recordingInch and the Hamburger Abendblatt wrote Inchthe greatest experts of Brahms come from Bremen (die besten Brahms Versteher kommen aus Bremen)Inch. The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen perform Brahms nowadays exactly to the size that the composer himself was accustomed to at the time. This interpretation puts Brahms´ symphonies in a new light, which is explored in the additional documentary through the eyes of the musicians and their artistic director Paavo Järvi.