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Experience the Majesty of Classical Music with Riccardo Chailly's Symphony Edition: A 55 CD Box Set by Decca / Decca 55x Audio CD, Box Set 2018 / 483 4266
UPC 028948342662
Riccardo Chailly OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo ʃʃaˈi], French: [ʃɑji]; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, since 2016, and music director of La Scala, since 2017. Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions at the Gewandhausorchester (2005–2016); the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1988–2004); the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (1982–1988); and the Teatro Comunale of Bologna (1986–1993). He was also the first musical director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (1999–2005) and principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1983–1986). Among the world's leading conductors, in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as the world's best living conductor.
Born in Milan, Chailly first studied composition with his father, Luciano Chailly, in his youth. He continued with composition at the conservatories in Milan and Perugia, but later shifted to conducting under Piero Guarino and Franco Ferrara. He made his conducting debut at La Scala in 1978 with Massenet's Werther, where he had been assistant director to Claudio Abbado since 1973. Upon becoming principal conductor at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, he embarked on performing standard symphonic works—particularly Bruckner and Mahler—but expanded the orchestra's previously minuscule 20th century and contemporary repertoire. Long associated with the Gewandhausorchester, he is credited with having significantly raised their international status. He has also been the music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra since 2016, with a contract until 2026. For 30 years he has recorded exclusively with Decca, and recordings with the Gewandhausorchester have been particularly acclaimed.
Decca's 2018 release, "Riccardo Chailly – The Symphony Edition," is a box set of 55 Audio CD's that showcases some of the greatest symphonies in classical music history. This impressive collection features the works of renowned composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, and Tchaikovsky, all conducted by one of the most respected conductors of our time, Riccardo Chailly.
The box set is a comprehensive collection of Chailly's recordings with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, which he led as music director from 2005 to 2016. It includes some of the most famous and beloved symphonies, as well as lesser-known works that Chailly has brought to life with his unique interpretation and style.
Each recording is a testament to Chailly's musical expertise and artistry. He leads the orchestra with precision and grace, bringing out the nuances of each piece and creating a powerful emotional impact. The sound quality of the recordings is also exceptional, capturing the full range and depth of the orchestra's sound.
In addition to the audio CDs, the box set includes a booklet with detailed information about each recording, as well as photographs and essays from music critics and experts. It is a true treasure for classical music enthusiasts and collectors alike.
Overall, "Riccardo Chailly – The Symphony Edition" is an incredible collection that demonstrates the beauty and power of classical music. It's a must-have for anyone who appreciates the artistry of orchestral music and the virtuosity of one of the great conductors of our time.
| Label: | Decca – 483 4266 |
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| Format: |
55 x CD, Album, Compilation, Box Set
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
Nov 30, 2018 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, Modern, Contemporary |
Tracklist:
CDs 6-9 Brahms: Symphonies 1-4 • Academic Festival Overture / Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie 1 • Five Pieces For Orchestra (1949 Revision) / Webern: Im Sommerwind
CDs 10-12 Brahms: Symphonies 1-4 • Overtures & Orchestral Works
CD 13 Bruckner: Symphony 0 (1869 Version) • Overture In G Minor
CD 14 Bruckner: Symphony 1 (1890-91 Vienna Version)
CD 15 Bruckner: Symphony 2 (Haas Edition)
CD 16 Bruckner: Symphony 3 (1889 Version)
CD 17 Bruckner: Symphony 4 (Nowak Edition)
CD 18 Bruckner: Symphony 5 (Haas Edition)
CD 19 Bruckner: Symphony 6 / Wolf: Vier Goethe-Lieder (Goerne)
CD 20 Bruckner: Symphony 7
CD 21 Bruckner: Symphony 8 (Nowak Edition)
CD 22 Bruckner: Symphony 9 / Bach/Webern: Das Musikalische Opfer
CD 23 Dvořák: Symphony 9 • Carnival Overture
CD 24 Franck: Symphony • Symphonic Variations (Bolet)
CD 25 Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Blochwitz)
CD 26 Mahler: Symphony 1 / Berg: Piano Sonata
CDs 27 & 28 Mahler: Symphony 2 (Diener / Lang) • Totenfeier
CDs 29 & 30 Mahler: Symphony 3 (Lang) • Bach Suite
CD 31 Mahler: Symphony 4 / Berg: Seven Early Songs (Bonney)
CD 32 Mahler: Symphony 5
CD 33 Mahler: Symphony 6
CDs 34 & 35 Mahler: Symphony 7 / Diepenbrock: Im Großen Schweigen (Hagegård)
CD 36 Mahler: Symphony 8 (Eaglen / Schwanewilms / Ziesak / Fulgoni / Larsson / Heppner / Mattei / Rootering)
CDs 37 & 38 Mahler: Symphony 9
CD 39 Mahler: Symphony 10 (Deryck Cook Version)
CDs 40 & 41 Mendelssohn: Lobgesang (Traditional And Original 1840 Versions) • A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture
CD 42 Mendelssohn: Symphony 3 "Scottish" (Traditional And 1842 London Versions + Opening Sketch)
CD 43 Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie (Thibaudet / Harada)
CD 44 Prokofiev: Symphony 3 / Varèse: Arcana / Mosolov: Iron Foundry
CDs 45 & 46 Schumann: Symphonies 1-4
CDs 47 & 48 Schumann: Symphonies 1-4 (Mahler Edition)
CD 49 Stravinsky: Symphonie De Psaumes • Feu D'artifice • Le Roi Des Étoiles • Le Chant Du Rossignol / Berio: Sinfonia
CD 50 Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5
CD 51 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
CD 52 Zemlinsky: Symphony 2 • Psalm 23 • 6 Maeterlinck-Lieder
CD 53 Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie • Symphonische Gesänge (Marc / Hagegård / White)
- Booklet Editor, Artwork By – WLP Ltd.
- Composed By – Alban Berg, Alexander Mossolov, Alexander Von Zemlinsky, Alphons Diepenbrock, Anton Bruckner, Anton Webern, Antonín Dvořák, Arnold Schoenberg, César Franck, Edgard Varèse, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Mahler, Igor Stravinsky, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Olivier Messiaen, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev
- Conductor – Riccardo Chailly
- Liner Notes – James Jolly
- Liner Notes [Translation] – Christiane Frobenius, Paola Simonetti
- Mastered By [The Audio Archiving Company Ltd] – Paschal Byrne
- Orchestra – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, I Filarmonici Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Gewandhausorchester, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker
- Photography By – Ben Ealovega, Decca, Gert Mothes, Marco Borggreve, Mike Evans, Paul Huf, Ronald Knapp, Sasha Gusov, Vivianne Purdom, Wilhelm Fröling
- Project Manager [Project Management] – Edward Weston
No living conductor has had such a long and exclusive partnership with a record label as Riccardo Chailly and Decca. Born in an era when such relationships were the norm – Karajan in Berlin; Ozawa in Boston; Solti in Chicago – it is now unique in our industry and a milestone worthy of celebration. In recognition of these 40 years Decca present a 55CD set of his complete symphony recordings, documenting an astonishing breadth of repertoire and his relationships with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, all presented in the inimitable and classic Decca Sound.
55 CD original jacket, original couplings collection celebrating Maestro Riccardo Chailly’s 40 years on Decca.
Includes complete cycles of Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Bruckner and Mahler.
Featuring the orchestras with whom Chailly has been most closely associated: the Gewandhausorchester, the Royal Concertgebouw, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
120 page perfect bound book, including: a new retrospective by James Jolly with interviews with Maestro Chailly and his Decca producers
Includes the award-winning Beethoven and Brahms cycles from Leipzig and critically-acclaimed reference cycles of Mahler and Bruckner from Amsterdam.
Schumann’s symphonies with both the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and, in Mahler’s orchestrations, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
The sonically spectacular Messiaen Turangalîla-Symphonie with Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
Zemlinsky’s rare early Symphony in B Flat plus the Lyric Symphony.
Cesar Franck’s Symphony in D minor and Symphonic Variations with Jorge Bolet as soloist.
Mendelssohn 2 ‘Lobgesang’ from his inaugural concerts as Music Director of the Gewandhaus using the composer’s original published score (the first conductor to record this version) & the late-analogue recording in the revised version with the London Philharmonic: first released in 1980 on Philips LP.
Mendelssohn 3 ‘Scottish’ with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in the 1842 London version” & in the revised more familiar score with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Berio’s Sinfonia, recorded in the presence of the composer himself.
Chailly [has a] rare talent for transforming the utterly familiar into music ripe for rediscovery: you can't help but take notice. The landscape is re-primed and mapped afresh. Familiar landmarks have the accumulated expressive debris of nearly a century of recorded history swept away. Your wits are sharpened; you listen again. For Chailly, all music must aspire to be 'new music' again . . . --Gramophone
The recordings, I should add, are superb. These are proper studio recordings, not concert paraphrases. There is space around the sound, as there needs to be in Beethoven, complemented by an immediacy and clarity of detail that derives in large measure from the playing itself. GRAMOPHONE on the Beethoven Symphony Cycle with the Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig . . . A Beethoven cycle that's up there with the best modern-orchestra versions of recent times . . . and which also manages the seemingly impossible, making the music seem freshly minted without any concessions at all to period performance. --The Independent
One of the world's great conductors Riccardo Chailly turns his attention to Brahms' symphonies . . . Since recording the Brahms symphonies 25 years ago, Chailly's approach is radically rethought, re-examining the scores and the recorded interpretations of an earlier generation of conductors to bring a fresh, new and dramatic reading. --Classic FM
