Mahler: Symphony No. 2
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Christiane Oelze (soprano) / Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus / Riccardo Chailly
[ Accentus Music / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 December 2011
"[Chailly] has turned wiry Gewandhaus strings into muscular proponents; the first real moment of magic is when he gives the cor anglais space to etch the Alpine idyll at the heart of the first movement...Chailly's facial expressions rightly express his sheer sense of visceral enjoyment...And Sarah Connolly's part in the proceedings is surprisingly intense" BBC Music
"this one is something special. The acoustic of Leipzig's Gewandhaus hall is a star in itself: the offstage horn and trumpet fanfares sound as thrilling as the orchestra's playing, itself near-fabulous from start to finish...[Chailly's] conducting charts a wonderfully sure path through Mahler's epic conception. And in the 'Urlicht' movement Sarah Connolly's singing, like the orchestra's playing, is as moving and beautiful as it's possible to imagine." ClassicFM Five Stars
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the oldest concert orchestra in the world, and their Music Director Riccardo Chailly have already acquired legendary status - glorious reviews and many awards for their recordings testifying to their continuing success. At Leipzig's International Mahler Festival, to mark the centenary of Mahler's death, they performed his monumental Second Symphony in the Gewandhaus - together with two marvellous soloists and choral forces quite beyond compare. About the final movement the composer said: "The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don't know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it."
Picture Format Blu-ray: Full HD
Sound Formats Blu-ray: DTS HD Master Audio, PCM Stereo
Region Code: 0 (worldwide)
Running Time: 95:42 min
Disc Format: BD 25
