專輯類型: 1SACD 發行年份: 2019 國際條碼: 7318599922966 音樂廠牌: BIS 音樂家: 凡斯卡 指揮 明尼蘇達管弦樂團 Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony started life as a single-movement tone poem called Todtenfeier ('Funeral Rites'). Completed in 1888 – one year before Richard Strauss's Death and Transfiguration – it echoed the composer's vision of seeing himself lying dead on a funeral bier surrounded by flowers. Deciding to use it as his opening movement, Mahler didn't finish the complete five-movement symphony until more than six years later, the longest time he spent on any work. The huge scale of the work apart, its weighty subject matter may well have contributed to the slow progress: Mahler himself outlined a scenario making references to the ultimate meaning of life and death (first movement), recollections of lost innocence and the desperation of unbelief (second and third movements), the return to naïve faith (fourth movement) and final redemption from the last judgement (finale). To convey this he took recourse to the human voice: incorporating a solo alto in the 4th movement Urlicht, he went on in the finale to risk comparison with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by introducing a choir, as well as soprano and alto soloists. Minnesota Orchestraand OsmoVanska have received praise for their previous Mahler recordings ('Vanska and the orchestra are among the finest exponents of Mahler's music...', allmusic.com). The team is here joined by soloists Ruby Hughes and Sasha Cooke and the Minnesota Chorale in the deeply moving close to the vast and tumultuous panorama that is his Second Symphony. Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1888–94) 'Resurrection' 1 ) I. Allegro maestoso. Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck 23'17 2 ) II. Andante moderato. Sehr gemachlich 9'54 3 ) III. Scherzo. In ruhig fließender Bewegung – attacca – 10'50 4 ) IV. Urlicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht – attacca – 5'28 5 ) V. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend – Wieder zurückhaltend – Langsam. Misterioso 34'08 T T: 84'38