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Mahler: Symphonies #4 & 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' - Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir

Jorma Hynninen, Gustav Mahler, Klaus Tennstedt
Mahler: Symphonies #4 & 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' - Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Symphony 4 G Major: I - Bedachtig. Nicht eilen
2. Symphony 4 G Major: II - In gemachlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast
3. Symphony 4 G Major: III - Ruhevoll
4. Symphony 4 G Major: IV - Sehr behaglich
5. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part One - Hymnus, Veni, creator spiritus): Veni, creator spiritus
6. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part One - Hymnus, Veni, creator spiritus): Imple superna gratia
7. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part One - Hymnus, Veni, creator spiritus): Infirma nostri corporis
8. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part One - Hymnus, Veni, creator spiritus): Accende lumen sensibus
9. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part One - Hymnus, Veni, creator spiritus): Veni, creator spiritus
10. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part One - Hymnus, Veni, creator spiritus): Gloria, Patri Domino
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Waldun, sie schwankt heran
2. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Ewiger Wonnebrand
3. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Fussen Allegro deciso
4. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Gerettet ist das edle Glied
5. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Uns bleibt ein Edenrest
6. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Hier ist die Aussict frei
7. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Hochste Herrscherin der Welt Ausserst langsam. Adagissimo
8. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Dir, der Unberuhrbaren
9. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Bei der Liebe, die den Fussen
10. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche
11. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Blicket auf zum Retterblick
12. Symphony 8 E Flat (Part Two - Finale scene from 'Faust'): Alles Vergangliche

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CD Details

All Artists: Jorma Hynninen, Gustav Mahler, Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Hill, Edith Wiens, Elizabeth Connell, Felicity Lott, Lucia Popp, Richard Versalle
Title: Mahler: Symphonies #4 & 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' - Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 10/3/2006
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Early Music, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 094636158020

Synopsis

Album Description

Gustav Mahler's largest composition "SYMPHONY #8 in E Flat 'SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND'" is featured in this remastered recording by conductor Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra. The recording features many wonderful soloists including Felicity Lott, Hans Sotin, Edith Wiens, Elizabeth Connell, Trudeliese Schmidt, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynninen & Nadine Denize. Recorded in 1986 in London, this is considered by many to be definitive & offers superior sound quality. The 2 disc set also offers Mahler's SYMPHONY #4 in G again by Klaus Tennstedt & London Philharmonic & features soprano Lucia Popp singing the beautiful & haunting text from 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn'.

CD Reviews

Yes, the remastering is an improvement

B. Guerrero | 12/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Unless you want your Mahler 8th on a single disc, this may now be the best overall recommendation of any. I like the Gary Bertini/Cologne Radio S.O. M8 best of all, but you can only get it in the box set of his whole cycle. The Naxos one might be slightly better conducted (Antoni Wit), but the soloists are clearly better on the Tennstedt. The inclusion of Tennstedt's surprisingly lively account of the Mahler 4th symphony makes this an attractive bargain. Lucia Popp isn't ideal for the Wunderhorn song that caps the 4th, but she's better than many . . . ummmmm, no, better than most, really. And as with the "GROC" remastering of Simon Rattle's famous "Resurrection" recording (second symphony), the sound is truly improved on both symphonies here. I also find this middle 80's studio recording preferable to Tennstedt's 1991 remake of the 8th that just got issued on DVD. That one is simply waaaaay too slow in numerous spots. This one is highly recommended for anybody who's new to either work, or is an admirer of Tennstedt's conducting in general."

Serendipitous hearing

music prof | massachusetts | 07/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This Mahler 4th was on the car radio this morning, so it was an unexpected pleasure. I found it so delightful that I had a "car moment"--I sat w/ the a/c running for about 20" so I could hear whose version it was. I use this symphony in my teaching frequently, so I am quite familiar with it, and I must say, I heard orchestral details that I had never really heard before, in such a context as Tennstedt created. On the other hand, I also did not hear other details that I feel are equally important and that did not directly conflict w/ what Tennstedt was doing at that moment.

But what was simply stunning to my ears was Lucia Popp's rendition of the last movement Wunderhorn song. I thought that at moments it--her voice--was not properly mixed (too soft), but overall I can't recall anyone's doing it better since Heather Harper back in the '60's. Her expressiveness is remarkably vivid and comprehending, but beyond that, in a way I've not heard before, she managed to portray the "himmlische" quality of Mahler's setting in a manner I found to approach a quality of "new."

I have not heard the version of the 8th on this set and cannot comment, but to me, the set is worth buying for the sensitivity and expressiveness and sheer overall beauty of the performance of the 4th."