(vers. 104Over the years Chailly has conducted a vast repertoire at La Scala ranging from Verdi and Rossini to Stravinsky, Musorgsky, Prokof'ev and Offenbach. In his capacity as musical director, he has concentrated his operatic activity and recording commitment on the Italian repertoire. Riccardo Chailly is a conductor long steeped in La Scala tradition. At age 20, Chailly became assistant conductor to Claudio Abbado at La Scala, where he made his conducting debut in 1978. The Symphony in D major of Luigi Cherubini hardly qualifies as a "discovery"; it may not be a standard repertory item, but it has been performed by Arturo Toscanini, among others, over the years.It's a stirring post-Classical symphony that gets its full due here from Riccardo Chailly, obviously having a great time conducting the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. When he became La Scala’s principal conductor in 2015, and two years later music director, he had already forged a glittering career in Europe (including as Chief Conductor of the Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra). All rights reserved. When he became La Scala’s principal conductor in 2015, and two years later music director, he had already forged a glittering career in Europe (including as Chief Conductor of the Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra).Concerto Riccardo Chailly - Sinfonia N. 7 In Mi Magg.

... Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy) 01:33:00. concert. In 2015, the conductor performed Later that year, Chailly performed a critical edition of Rarely-performed works created for La Scala have also been revived by Chailly. Surely the time is ripe for a reappraisal of Cherubini’s other works, and in particular for a French-language, period-instrument account of his great opera Copyright © 2002-20 Presto Classical Limited. As both new and reconditioned recordings of Beethoven’s major works continue to dominate the release-schedules in this anniversary year, today’s Recording of the Week offers a timely opportunity to spare a thought for Luigi Cherubini, for whom the shadow of the great composer has proved both a blessing and a curse: on the one hand, Beethoven’s frequent enthusiastic endorsement of the Italian-born Frenchman as the greatest of his contemporaries has served as excellent marketing-material for two centuries, yet on the other it’s played its part in typecasting him as a sort of Salieri to Beethoven’s Mozart, ploughing a similar furrow to the better-known composer with competence and dedication but never quite achieving lift-off into pastures new. Adventurous, risk-taking and always stimulating, Riccardo Chailly has taken his modernist credentials and solid Italian musical grounding to the heart of the symphony orchestra tradition, most notably at the hallowed Concertgebouw and Leipzig Gewandhaus. L. Nowak)Chailly started his career at La Scala, becoming Abbado’s assistant at 20, before making his house debut standing for Gavazzeni in a 1978 production of Verdi’s Concerto Riccardo Chailly - Concerto In Si Min.

By relaunching the orchestra's international tours, he has chosen to present mainly the international symphonic repertoire, including Beethoven's symphonies in the bicentennial year.A full Puccini cycle featuring mainly critical editions of his operas has been one key feature of Chailly’s tenure. Riccardo Chailly, the milanese Maestro (2015-present) Riccardo Chailly is a conductor long steeped in La Scala tradition. From 1982 to 1988, Chailly was chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and from 1983 to 1986 principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.