Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Paavo Järvi

• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor:
• 1 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: I. Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt 12:33
• 2 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: II. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz 15:27
• 3 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: III. Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell 17:58
• 4 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam 09:52
• 5 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: V. Rondo - Finale. Allegro - Allegro giocoso. Frisch 14:36
• Total Runtime 01:10:26

Info for Mahler: Symphony No. 5

This recording of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony by the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under its Music Director Paavo Järvi, is the first in a complete cycle of Mahler symphonies. Järvi has of course conducted Mahler’s works many times in his career, but has waited for the right moment to record the complete cycle in the studio: the right moment not only in his life as a musician but also in his relationship with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; the maturity and power revealed in the orchestra’s recordings for Alpha Classics have been hailed by the music press since 2019. "Mahler truly opened up a new universe with the Fifth, in which he initiated an incredibly personal style of music-making." says Paavo Järvi. "It is the very nature of its opening — a military funeral — and of its tragedy, in conjunction with the very idea of beginning a symphony in this way, which signals that something completely different is in store for us".

Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi, conductor

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