Credits:

Maris Jansons, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

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Leningrad’s Last Splendor: Two Whirlwinds in Japan in ’86 and ’89! The supreme art of Mariss Jansons on SACD single-layer SACD The first SACD release of two performances by Jansons and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan: the 1986 program, in which Jansons took the stage in Mravinsky’s place and gave the greatest performance of the new era, and the 1989 program, in which he gave an overwhelmingly Russian performance before the orchestra was renamed the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. The first SACD release of these two performances. It was at these performances in 1986, when he substituted for Mravinsky as the main conductor, that Japanese audiences clearly recognized the presence of Mariss Jansons. The Leningrad Philharmonic’s ironclad sound, trained by Mravinsky, and Jansons’ beautiful and clear musicality collided head-on to give birth to a rar