Mahler Hermann Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra - Symphony No 2 The Resurrection
Review by Dave Jones
Album: Symphony No 2 The Resurrection
Rating: 4.67
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Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| 3. In Ruhig Fliessender Bewegung | ||
| 1. Allegro Maestoso | ||
| Symphony No. 2 "The Resurrection" | ||
| 5. Im Tempo Des Scherzos: Wild Herausfahrend | ||
| 2. Andante Moderato | ||
| 5. (Continued) Im Tempo Des Scherzos: Wild Heraufahrend | ||
| 4. Urlicht (From Des Knaben Wunderhorn): Sehr Feierlich, Aber Schlicht |
Video
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection', Hermann Scherchen, Vienna 1958
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Catalog Numbers
- S/4581, S/4582, S-4581, S-4582
- WGS-8262-2
Labels
- World Record Club
- ABC Westminster Gold
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Formats
- 2 × Vinyl
- LP
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Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Composed By | Mahler |
| Conductor | Hermann Scherchen |
| Liner Notes | Dr. Parks Grant |
| Orchestra | Vienna State Opera Orchestra |
Notes
- "A WESTMINSTER recording, released exclusively in Australia by World Record Club."
- Australian WRC 1st pressing, sourced from original stampers and featuring unique sleeve art. Not issued in mono. "S/4581" & "S/4582" on separate sleeves, "S-4581" and "S-4582" on green 'strobe' labels.
- 299 Flinders Lane Melbourne
- 177 Elizabeth St Sydney
- Newspaper House, 93 Queen St Brisbane
- Stafford House 23 Leigh St Adelaide
- 143 Barrack St Perth
- Duration of side C is 27:00
About Mahler Hermann Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Austrian composer and conductor.
Born 7 July 1860 in Kalischt, Bohemia (today Kaliště, Czech Republic) and died 18 May 1911 in Vienna, Austria.
Gustav Mahler (German pronunciation: ; was a late-Romantic Austrian-Bohemian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 the music was discovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century.
Born in humble circumstances, Mahler showed his musical gifts at an early age. After graduating from the Vienna Conservatory in 1878, he held a succession of conducting posts of rising importance in the opera houses of Europe, culminating in his appointment in 1897 as director of the Vienna Court Opera (Hofoper). During his ten years in Vienna, Mahlerwho had converted to Catholicism from Judaism to secure the postexperienced regular opposition and hostility from the anti-Semitic press. Nevertheless, his innovative productions and insistence on the highest performance standards ensured his reputation as one of the greatest of opera conductors, particularly as an interpreter of the stage works of and . Late in his life he was briefly director of New York's and .
He wed fellow composer and musician on 9 March 1902. They had two daughters, Maria Anna Mahler (03.11.1902-05.07.1907) & .
Mahler's œuvre is relatively smallfor much of his life composing was a part-time activity, secondary to conductingand is confined to the genres of symphony and song, except for one piano quartet. Most of his ten symphonies are very large-scale works, several of which employ soloists and choirs in addition to augmented orchestral forces. These works were often controversial when first performed, and were slow to receive critical and popular approval; an exception was the triumphant premiere of his Eighth Symphony in 1910. Mahler's immediate musical successors were the composers of the Second Viennese School, notably , and . and are among later 20th-century composers who admired and were influenced by Mahler. The International Gustav Mahler Institute was established in 1955, to honour the composer's life and work.
Real Name
- Gustav Mahler
Name Vars
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- Mahler Gustav
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Comments
The best 4th movement IMO. Perfect symbiosis between the alto and the orchestra, along with the tempo, it really catches the deepness and profoundity of the movement
Without a doubt, not only a slow tempo overall, but the absolute slowest, most dragged out finale I have ever heard! This is the greatest symphonic climax of all time and somehow, I feel, much of the grandeur and that "heaven storming" vibe is absent. Some of you may like it but music is subjective. Waaaay too slow. Listen to Abbado or Bernstein or Bruno Walter.
私は「復活」はこの演奏が一番だと思っております。まあ、マーラー全部シェルヘンが一番なんだけど。他にモーツアルトのレクイエムも一番です。
One of the young choir singer later became one of the world best known conductor of this symphony - Claudio Abbado.
Much better sound, wonderful remastering.
Listening it again. Fantastic. 15 years traveling on youtube, I found only "Les berceaux" melody by Fauré played by Grumiaux in transcription for violin approaching such emotional power.
Listening it, I remember Lorin Maazel that I listened with national France orchestra. Thanks!
amazing
Absolutely magnificent, hypnotic.
The soprano is quite average, unfortunately. The contralto is excellent, and what an orchestra, what a choir! The finale with the crescendo is solar, magnetic and certainly the best I have ever heard for the Resurrection. Splendid recording!
Thanks for sharing!
Scherchen, the _austrian Svetlanov_.
Wow! What a choir! We don't hear this kind of choral singing much any more, which is a tragedy.
24:58 II.
36:52 III.
49:21 IV.
56:11 V.