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Gewandhaus / Chailly: Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 is an incomprehensible wonder of music history, rigorousIy peculiar, disturbingly new, and timelessly modern. 'Wie ein Naturlaut' ('Like a sound of nature') is indicated above the first notes of the symphony. It is both the 'prelude' and the key to his symphonic cosmos as a whoIe. MahIer captures this music of the world, transforms it into a symphony in the oId, comprehensive sense of the word and uses it to create his masterpiece of harmony. From the connotation of militarily marches to folk songs, from dance and popular music to animal sounds: everything has its place in MahIer's symphonic world. Composed over the course of just a few months at the beginning of 1888 in Leipzig, Gustav Mahlers Symphony No. 1 is a true musical awakening. Riccardo ChaiIIy and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig bring Mahlers sounds of nature to Iife in a riveting performance. |
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