Matthias Goerne sings Mahler, Lorenzo Viotti conducts Brahms

Matthias Goerne sings Mahler's Rückert-Lieder

The famous German baritone Matthias Goerne is a specialist in German Lied. While Mahler's symphonies are rather grand and compelling, he shows his subtle and refined side in the richly orchestrated Rückert-Lieder. Goerne knows how to bring out the intimate and the small in all that richness of sound in a phenomenal way.

Lorenzo Viotti conducts Brahms's Second Symphony

Chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti also puts Brahms' Second Symphony on the music stands. While Brahms spent 15 years tinkering with his First Symphony, composing his Second Symphony was much more manageable. And while the first symphony can come across as a bit melancholy, the second is cheerful and full of zest for life. Brahms at his best; in the hands of chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti it will be a big party.