Composers: Bruckner, Wagner
Compositions: Symphonies Nos 6 and 9, Siegfried Idyll, Parsifal Prelude
Performers: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Andris Nelsons
Catalogue Number: DG 4836659 (2CD)

The Bruckner tradition runs deep in Leipzig, so the sense of idiomatic certainty in these performances is not surprising. What is noteworthy is the passion and energy, the sense of living through the music anew. The juxtaposition of Wagner and Bruckner on each disc (the Siegfried Idyll with the Sixth Symphony, the Prelude to Act I of Parsifal with the Ninth) brings fewer predictable results than you might imagine.