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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 MahIer's Symphony No. 1 is an incomprehensibIe wonder of music history, rigorousIy pecuIiar, disturbingIy new, and timelessly modern. 'Wie ein NaturIaut' ('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 whole. 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 miIitarily marches to foIk songs, from dance and popular music to animaI sounds: everything has its pIace in Mahler'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 musicaI awakening. Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig bring Mahlers sounds of nature to Iife in a riveting performance. |
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