Using a reduced orchestra, unusually without any lower brass, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony is influenced by the trend to revive the classical style of Haydn and Mozart, as a reaction against the monumental ‘Wagnerian’ romanticism of its predecessors. The work is based around the final movement, written some years earlier – its childish and naïve text giving shape to the other movements.

Composer Gustav Mahler
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Performers London Symphony Orchestra
Soloist Laura Claycomb

Symphony No. 4
1. I. Bedächtig. Nicht Eilen
2. II. In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast
3. II. Ruhevoll (Poco adagio - Allegretto subito - Allegro subito)
4. IV. Sehr behaglich ('Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden')

Release Date 1 March 2010
LSO0662 | 822231166221

Producer James Mallinson
Engineers Neil Hutchinson and Jonathan Stokes for Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded January 2008, Barbican, London

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Booklet in English, French & German

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