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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 / Haitink, Bavarian Radio Symphony
BR Klassik

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 / Haitink, Bavarian Radio Symphony

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Composer
Gustav Mahler
Artist
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jun 02, 2023
Catalog #
BRK900209
UPC
4035719002096

About

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra were linked by a long and intensive artistic collaboration, brought to an abrupt end by his death in October 2021. BR-KLASSIK now presents outstanding and as yet unreleased live recordings of concerts from the past years. This recording of Mahler's Seventh Symphony documents concerts from February 2011 in Munich.

As an interpreter of the symphonic repertoire, and especially that of the German-Austrian late Romantic period, Haitink was held in high esteem worldwide. With him, the symphonies of Gustav Mahler were always in the best of hands. His driving principle was to take the sound architecture of a musical composition with its many-layered interweavings and render it transparently audible; extreme sensitivity of sound was paired with a clearly structured interpretation of the score.

A valid recording of Mahler's Seventh Symphony places the highest demands on the skills of the conductor as well as on the virtuosity of each individual orchestral musician. Only under such circumstances can the highly complex individual voices merge to form a magnificent whole – an undertaking that achieves breathtaking effects time and again. A conductor is required here who unites the ensemble of individual, soloist-level musicians with an overarching musical concept. With its two grotesque "night musics", its sounds of nature, naïve folk motifs and intoxicating orchestral tutti, the Seventh Symphony is highly typical of Mahler's unique sound world.

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 I. Langsam - Allegro con fuoco 22:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Langsam - Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    22:50
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Bernard Haitink
  2. 2 II. Nachtmusik: Allegro moderato 15:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Nachtmusik: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    15:28
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Bernard Haitink
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Schattenhaft 11:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Schattenhaft
    Duration
    11:10
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Bernard Haitink
  4. 4 IV. Nachtmusik: Andante amoroso 12:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Nachtmusik: Andante amoroso
    Duration
    12:50
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Bernard Haitink
  5. 5 V. Rondo - Finale 19:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Rondo - Finale
    Duration
    19:32
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Bernard Haitink