Alban Berg : Violin concerto ; Felix Mendelssohn : Scottish symphony

DVD 2018

"For his inaugural concert as the new Gewandhauskapellmeister, Andris Nelsons chose three pieces, each with symbolic power. At its center is the "Scottish" Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, his most prominent predecessor, with was premiered by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig unter the baton of the composer himself in 1842. The symphony is framed by a commissioned work by the Leipzig composer Steffen Schleiermacher and Alban Berg's Violin Concerto, a...

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1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (33 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
digital video
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Other Title:

Felix Mendelssohn : Scottish symphony
Violin concerto
Scottish symphony
Berg : Violin concerto ; Mendelssohn : Scottish symphony

Notes:

Directed by Ute Feudel ; produced by Paul Smaczny
Andris Nelsons, conductor ; Baiba Skride, violin ; Gewandhausorchester
Recorded live at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig 22/23 February 2018

Contents:

Relief for orchestra, world premiere / Steffen Schleiermacher
Concerto for violin and orchestra : "To the memory of an angel" / Alban Berg
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 : "Scottish" / Felix Mendelssohn

Control Number:

2904761

UPC:

426023483167

Other Authors:

ACCENTUS Music (Firm), production company
ARTE France, production company
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935, composer
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Concerto, violin, orchestra
Feudel, Ute, director
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, instrumentalist
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, composer
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Symphonies, no. 3, op. 56, A minor
Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France), production company
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, production company
Nelsons, Andris, conductor
Schleiermacher, Steffen, composer
Skride, Baiba, instumentalist
Smaczny, Paul, producer. 1957-

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