Jonathan Nott

Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (2009)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 01:23:29  minutes | 3,6 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

This recording is perfectly timed for the centenary of Mahler’s 9th Symphony. Jonathan Nott and his Bamberger Symphoniker have added a moving, powerfully expressive interpretation to the extensive discography. By choosing measured tempi for the outer movements, Nott and this totally committed orchestra achieve a fantastic sound.

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Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (2013)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 + 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 01:18:24 minutes | 3,6 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

“the verdict is ‘decent but not world-beating’, with shortcomings in his soloists pulling him up well short of the best available. There is uplift and impulse in the opening movement, with brilliant details…The great peroration is impressive” – Gramophone MagazineDecember 2013

”Lucky Bamberg…This reading of the Eighth makes a perfect climax to its Mahler cycle under its Solihull-born conductor, who is surely one of the most underestimated musicians on the planet.” – Sunday Times, 20th October 2013

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Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (2012)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 + 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 01:19:4 minutes | 4,08 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

Jonathan Nott and the Bamberger Symphoniker have written a special chapter in recording history with this series. Currently nominated in the 2012 BBC Music Magazine Awards, their recording of Mahler Symphony No.3 (TUDOR7170) was a BBC Music Magazine Orchestral Choice; “a recorded spaciousness which lets every ensemble and solo spiritually resound.”

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Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2013)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 01:20:32 minutes | 3,71 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

“It’s not only as compelling as this team’s Seventh and Ninth Symphonies, it also counts among the most bracing, revelatory Sixths on disc…The all-embracing theatricality is equal to Leonard Bernstein’s first New York recording…the torrents around the fallout from the hammerblows of fate in the colossal finale.” – BBC Music Magazine, January 2014

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Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (2005)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 + 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 01:12:19 minutes | 3,3 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

“…a clearly-textured but very exciting conclusion, distinguished by first-rate work from wind principals – bassoon especially – and cutting-edge trombones. …much in Nott’s reading… sounds genuinely fresh.” – BBC Music Magazine, September 2005

“Jonathan Nott leads a meticulously detailed performance of Mahler’s Fifth. Every accent, dynamic marking and hairpin crescendo/diminuendo indication in the score is accounted for and – thanks to his careful attention to orchestral balance – perfectly audible.” – Gramophone Magazine, December 2005

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Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 4
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 00:55:26 minutes | 2,78 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, under their Principal Conductor Jonathan Nott, present another release in their Mahler Symphonic Series. Their recording of the Symphony No. 1 (TUDOR7147) was a Gramophone Editors Choice and this glorious release is highly recommended. Soprano Mojca Erdmann sings the beautiful setting of poems from “Das Knaben Wunderhorn” in the final movement.

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Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (2011)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 01:44:10 minutes | 5,33 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

Jonathan Nott has been the principal conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker since the year 2000 and this has been a very successful partnership. Their recording of Mahler’s 9th Symphony (TUDOR7162) won several awards “This is a fine achievement in a towering symphony.”  – BBC Music Magazine

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Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (2010)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 01:24:10 minutes | 3,79 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

Jonathan Nott continues his very successful Mahler series with Symphony No.2. The soloists are Anne Schwanewilms soprano and Lioba Braun contralto. BBC Music Magazine described Nott’s recording of Mahler’s Symphony No.9 as “a fine achievement in a towering symphony.”

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Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott – Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (2009)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz  | 00:55:23 minutes | 2,81 GB | Genre: Classical | © Tudor

It took Mahler over four years to complete his first symphony. The composer conducted the first performance in 1889 and received a hostile reception from press and public alike. It is now a favourite in concert halls around the world. The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is led by their star conductor, Jonathan Nott, a conductor who is leading the orchestra to new heights. Their performances and recordings receive unprecedented praise wherever they are played.

…this one of the best recorded accounts we’ve had since Kubelík and Bernstein… Nott, you feel, has got under Mahler’s skin; Gergiev is merely offering an impersonation. – Gramophone Magazine, August 2008

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