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Mahler - Symphony No.9

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Label: Signum

Cat No: SIGCD188

Barcode: 0635212018828

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 31st May 2010

Works

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony no.9 in D major

Artists

Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Works

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony no.9 in D major

Artists

Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen

About

Signum’s third disc with the Philharmonia Orchestra and their Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen is drawn again from their celebrated Vienna: City of Dreams series of 2008-9. Mahler's Ninth symphony is often interpreted as a farewell to the world, in part because Mahler never had the chance to hear it performed. As one critic wrote, “If you want to learn to weep, you should listen to the first movement of the Ninth, the great, magnificent song of ultimate farewell”.

Esa-Pekka Salonen on the disc:
“Our new recording of the piece is a live recording, of a performance we gave after we had played the piece on tour in places such as the Concertgebouw and Cologne. I very much like the idea of recording this piece live. In fact, the idea of recording that finale in a studio doesn’t feel right. So many of the most celebrated recordings of the piece – Bernstein, Karajan, Bruno Walter in 1938 – have been concert recordings. It’s no accident. This is about death and there must be a sense of no return. It’s your only shot. You just do it and live with the results. This is real life and death, not a video game.”

Concert Review:
“For a symphony that lasts in excess of 80 minutes, the Philharmonia played with remarkable concentration, vigour and passion … in the profoundly moving finale, an opulent string texture coupled with some beautiful solo horn playing guaranteed that this was a performance to remember.” - MusicalCriticism.com