Presto Recording of the Week 20th April 2018

Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons

Wagner: Götterdämmerung. Excerpt
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major

"What elevates these performances for me is the fact that Nelsons takes equal care over the string parts...Having said that, the brass certainly don't disappoint either: the outbursts of the slow movement of the Seventh are handled extremely well, with a beautifully-paced series of cadences that culminates in an ecstatic climax." - James Longstaffe, Presto Classical 20th April 2018