Various - Brahms:Serenade No. 2, Alto Rhapsody, Symphony No.2

In 2014, all signs pointed to a new beginning at the Lucerne Festival.�For the first time,�the festival�would�take place without the incomparable Claudio Abbado, with the young Latvian�Andris Nelsons leading�the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Nelsons had already won the trust and respect of�both�listeners and�performers in a moving�memorial�concert for Abbado in Lucerne. He is known internationally as�one�of�the most�gifted conductors of his generation.�Now he was poised to lead the prestigious festival into a new era - he brilliantly mastered this greatest challenge (as he himself called it) of his career. The audience and the musicians responded with heart?felt gratitude. He is aware of every�single�player�and�carries us�on�an�unbelievable�wave of enthusiasm, according to concertmaster Sebastian Breuninger.�Solo�violist�Wolfram Christ�adds,�Nelsons accepts what is inherent in our orchestra and what comes from Abbado; he builds on it and makes it into something new.