Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Elena Mosuc
Album info
Album-Release:
2009
HRA-Release:
12.03.2015
Label: LSO Live
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Artist: Elena Mosuc, Zlata Bulycheva, London Symphony Chorus & Simon Halsey, London Symphony Orchestra & Valery Gergiev
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony No. 2
- 1 I. Allegro maestoso 21:50
- 2 II. Andante moderato 10:07
- 3 III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung 09:23
- 4 IV. Urlicht: Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht 04:39
- 5 V. Finale: Im Tempo des Scherzos 31:44
- Symphony No. 10: I. Adagio
- 6 Symphony No. 10: Adagio 22:13
Info for Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Mahler’s extraordinary Second Symphony deals with the epic themes of life, death, faith, and love. He employs a vast orchestra in a search for salvation through spirituality, including a battery of brass, two soloists, and choir. The theme of death also pervades his unfinished Tenth, yet here one finds a sense of peace and a heartfelt expression of human love.
“Singing without scores, the London Symphony Chorus are on unambiguous great form. Once Gergiev has the bit between his teeth, the tension hardly lets up…” (Gramophone)
"Valery Gergiev's Mahler cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra seems now to have found its identity and this thrilling account of the 'Resurrection' Symphony, heard on the second of two consecutive evening performances, bore many of the hallmarks that have distinguished the series so far: dramatic, driven and occasionally impatient. With the LSO on splendid form, producing a brilliant, bright sound that pushed the Barbican's close acoustic to its limits, Gergiev presided over a drama of despair and redemption of the greatest intensity…The LSO chorus was in glorious voice and egged on more and more by Gergiev they joined with the orchestra to produce an enormous, brilliant and overwhelming sound. The pure, visceral thrill of the final bars, greeted with an enthusiastic ovation from the packed audience, crowned a very fine performance of this great work." (MusicalCriticsm.com)
"Faced with the London Symphony Orchestra's concentrated glare and attack, I considered cowering under my seat" (The Times)
Elena Mosuc, soprano
Zlata Bulycheva, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
Valery Gergiev, conductor
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Booklet for Mahler: Symphony No. 2