Boston Symphony Chamber Players – Brahms & Dvorák: Serenades (2016) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]

Boston Symphony Chamber Players – Brahms & Dvorák: Serenades (2016) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]

This new BSO Classics release from the Boston Symphony Chamber Players pairs two delightful arrangements for chamber ensemble of charming, youthful serenades written originally for orchestra by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvorák.

The new recording features recordings of Brahms’ Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11, arranged by Alan Boustead for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass; and Dvorák’s Octet-Serenade, Op. 22, arranged by Nicholas Ingman for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, double bass, and piano.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons – Brahms: The Symphonies (2017) [FLAC 24bit, 192 kHz]

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons – Brahms: The Symphonies (2017) [FLAC 24bit, 192 kHz]

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons are pleased to release their latest recordings on BSO Classics–a three-disc set of the four Brahms symphonies, recorded live during concert performances at Symphony Hall in November 2016, engineered by the same in-house team that produced the BSO’s Grammy-winning Shostakovich recordings under Maestro Nelsons on Deutsche Grammophon. This new Brahms symphony cycle follows two others recorded previously by the BSO, under Erich Leinsdorf in the mid-1960s and Bernard Haitink in the early 1990s. ”It makes me so proud and happy,” observes Andris Nelsons, ”that the Boston Symphony Orchestra of today, filled with so many great musicians, will now have its own place in recorded history with this amazing music.”