Mahler: Symphony No.5 & Songs Staatskapelle Berlin

• Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony No.5:
• 1I. Trauermarsch in gemessenem Schritt - Streng - Wie ein Kondukt10:50
• 2II. Stürmisch bewegt - Mit größter Vehemenz12:58
• 3III. Scherzo - Kräftig, nicht zu schnell15:57
• 4IV: Adagietto - sehr langsam10:02
• 5V. Rondo - Finale - Allegro - Allegro giocoso13:46
• Songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn":
• 6No. 11a Revelge06:18
• 7No. 1 Der Schildwache Nachtlied04:44
• 8No. 12a Der Tamboursg'sell05:23
• 9No. 8 Lied des Verfolgten im Turm03:54
• Rückert-Lieder:
• 10Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder01:26
• 11Ich atmet' einen linden Duft02:48
• 12Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen07:05
• 13Um Mitternacht06:49
• 14Liebst du um Schönheit02:21
• Total Runtime01:44:21

Info for Mahler: Symphony No.5 & Songs

“With his Viennese background, Suitner brought something authentic and credible with him.” Memories are still vivid in the minds of contemporaries when asked about recordings that were made over thirty years ago. Such recordings must have made a lasting impression on those involved, including Lothar Friedrich, who is quoted above. This 1986 double LP release by the East German label Eterna, featuring works by Gustav Mahler, is certainly no exception. The main work, the Fifth Symphony, once a groundbreaking success for the composer, is joined by songs from the anthology Des Knaben Wunderhorn (the boy’s magic horn). The interpreters: baritone Siegfried Lorenz, the Staatskapelle Berlin and Otmar Suitner. …

Even in his younger years Mahler praised the brilliance of Bachian polyphony. He even described his own inherent way of working as Bachian. Only in 1903, at 43 years of age, did Mahler fulfill his artistic ambition by writing his five-movement Fifth Symphony in a new, very complex polyphonic style. It is of symbolic significance that, when the work was premiered in Vienna under Mahler’s baton on December 7, 1905, the only other work to be included in the programme was Bach’s motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (sing unto the Lord a new song). …

Siegfried Lorenz, baritone
Staatskapelle Berlin
Otmar Suitner, conductor

Digitally remastered

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