Mahler: Symphony No 4
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Catalogue Number LSO0662
UPC 822231166221James Mallinson producer
Neil Hutchinson and Jonathan Stokes for Classic Sound Ltd balance engineersRecorded January 2008, Barbican, London
DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording
Notes in English / en français / auf Deutsch -
****½ ‘Gergiev’s Mahler Fourth begins so slowly, you wonder how he can reach the end of the symphony. But gradually, the method behind this apparent madness reveals itself: Gergiev doesn’t play the rustic charms of the opening movement like a memory of Mozart, rather he encompasses a wider pastoral perspective filed with menacing undercurrent ... Gergiev’s serene conclusion is beautifully heard.’
Classic FM Magazine‘Gergiev’s febrile intensity lends itself well to the neurotic quality of Mahler’s music ... the orchestra is superb.’
Daily Telegraph
£8.99
Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra
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 | Mahler | |
| Conductor | Valery Gergiev | |
| Performers | London Symphony Orchestra | |
| Soloist | Laura Claycomb |
2. Symphony No 4 : II. In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast
3. Symphony No 4 : III. Ruhevoll (Poco adagio - Allegretto subito - Allegro subito)
4. Symphony No 4 : IV. Sehr behaglich ('Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden')
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