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Bernstein conducts Mahler - The Complete Symphonies
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 12
Release Date: 29th June 2009
In the wake of worldwide commemorations of the 90th anniversary of the great conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein’s birth, Sony Masterworks has completely remixed and remastered the definitive recordings of the complete Mahler Symphony cycle that Bernstein made with the New York Philharmonic during the 1960s.
This 12-disc Special Edition has been remastered for the first time using the original analogue tapes from the recording sessions, and is presented in attractive glossy packaging with an extensive booklet containing sleeve notes, an essay by Bernstein on Mahler and his works, and many photos of the conductor on the podium, both in concert and in the studio. There is also a technical note from the producer explaining the remastering process.
The set also includes the recording Bernstein made with Christa Ludwig and René Kollo of Das Lied von der Erde.
Included as a special bonus and appearing on CD for the first time is a long-unavailable 1967 audio documentary entitled Gustav Mahler Remembered: Reminiscences by Mahler’s associates and by musicians who played under his baton, narrated by William Malloch.
Contents:
Disc 1
Symphony No.1 “Titan” / Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Disc 2
Audio Documentary - Gustav Mahler Remembered: Reminiscences by Mahler’s Associates and by Musicians Who Played Under His Baton (First Time on CD) / Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (Mvt. I)
Disc 3
Symphony No.2 “Resurrection” (Mvts. II - V)
Disc 4
Symphony No.3 (Mvt. I)
Disc 5
Symphony No.3 (Mvts. II-VI)
Disc 6
Symphony No.4
Disc 7
Symphony No.5
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano / René Kollo, tenor
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Disc 8
Symphony No.6 “Tragic”
Disc 9
Symphony No.7
Disc 10
Symphony No.8 “Symphony of a Thousand”
Disc 11
Symphony No.9
Disc 12
Das Lied von der Erde
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano / René Kollo, tenor
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
This 12-disc Special Edition has been remastered for the first time using the original analogue tapes from the recording sessions, and is presented in attractive glossy packaging with an extensive booklet containing sleeve notes, an essay by Bernstein on Mahler and his works, and many photos of the conductor on the podium, both in concert and in the studio. There is also a technical note from the producer explaining the remastering process.
The set also includes the recording Bernstein made with Christa Ludwig and René Kollo of Das Lied von der Erde.
Included as a special bonus and appearing on CD for the first time is a long-unavailable 1967 audio documentary entitled Gustav Mahler Remembered: Reminiscences by Mahler’s associates and by musicians who played under his baton, narrated by William Malloch.
Contents:
Disc 1
Symphony No.1 “Titan” / Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Disc 2
Audio Documentary - Gustav Mahler Remembered: Reminiscences by Mahler’s Associates and by Musicians Who Played Under His Baton (First Time on CD) / Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (Mvt. I)
Disc 3
Symphony No.2 “Resurrection” (Mvts. II - V)
Disc 4
Symphony No.3 (Mvt. I)
Disc 5
Symphony No.3 (Mvts. II-VI)
Disc 6
Symphony No.4
Disc 7
Symphony No.5
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano / René Kollo, tenor
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Disc 8
Symphony No.6 “Tragic”
Disc 9
Symphony No.7
Disc 10
Symphony No.8 “Symphony of a Thousand”
Disc 11
Symphony No.9
Disc 12
Das Lied von der Erde
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano / René Kollo, tenor
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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