Andris Nelsons

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

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Andris Nelsons is Music Director of the <a href="spotify:artist:0K23lQ2hSQAlxSEeZ05bjI" data-name="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a>  and Gewandhauskapellmeister of the <a href="spotify:artist:0SlNRZ8zBLAgyB1lsoYxAa" data-name="Gewandhausorchester">Gewandhausorchester</a> Leipzig. These two positions - combined with his leadership of a pioneering alliance between the two institutions - have firmly established the Grammy Award-winning conductor as one of the most sought-after artists today.

Nelsons’ recording projects with Deutsche Grammophon, where he is an exclusive artist, reflect the depth and breadths of his musical vision. With the Boston Symphony Orchestra he recorded the complete symphonies and concertos of Shostakovich (<a href="spotify:album:7CREZmKkA28IN0Ql6MSAtL" data-name="Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District">Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District</a>) as well as the opera “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”, earning four GRAMMY Awards for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Album. With the Gewandhausorchester, Nelsons completed a Bruckner symphonic cycle marking the composer’s bicentenary in 2024 (<a href="spotify:album:1ygdirFUcMmeMtfb5FkA8F" data-name="Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 0-9 – Wagner: Orchestral Music">Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 0-9 – Wagner: Orchestral Music</a> ). His Beethoven cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic was released in 2019 (<a href="spotify:album:5XCU5seho8gb2WzujQ31nv" data-name="Beethoven: Complete Symphonies">Beethoven: Complete Symphonies</a>). As part of the alliance between the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Deutsche Grammophon also released a celebrated 2022 album of Richard Strauss’s major symphonic works performed by both orchestras (<a href="spotify:album:4H3bJanyoFqOrcliPNMvfC" data-name="Strauss">Strauss</a>). A Mendelssohn cycle with the Gewandhausorchester is due to be released in 2026.

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Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Oratorios

Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works

Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works and Concertos

Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos

Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, Op. 29

Ravel: The Piano Concertos

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie

Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam: a-b. Sehr langsam - Wieder äußerst langsam

Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, Pt. 1: No. 1, Overture

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: I. Allegretto

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99 (Formerly Op. 77): IV. Burlesque. Allegro con brio – Presto

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, Op. 29, Act I Scene 1: Interlude

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie: V. Joie du sang des étoiles

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