Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Major "Resurrection" (2020 Remastered) [Live] London Symphony Orchestra & Leopold Stokowski

• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): Symphony No. 2 in C Major "Resurrection":
• 1 Symphony No. 2 in C Major "Resurrection": I. Allegro maestoso (Live) 21:10
• 2 Symphony No. 2 in C Major "Resurrection": II. Andante moderato (Live) 08:54
• 3 Symphony No. 2 in C Major "Resurrection": III. In ruhig fließender Bewegung (Live) 11:00
• 4 Symphony No. 2 in C Major "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (Live) 05:11
• 5 Symphony No. 2 in C Major "Resurrection": V. Im Tempo des Scherzo (Live) 32:03
• Total Runtime 01:18:18

Info for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Major "Resurrection" (2020 Remastered) [Live]

The striking compound of optimism and neurosis found in Mahler’s music has made him one of the most popular composers of our time. The optimism speaks to the enduring need for a reminder that life can be beautiful; the neurosis reflects the state of western society, to a remarkably accurate degree for a composer who died more than 100 years ago. “My time will come,” he stated, commenting on his music’s lack of widespread acceptance during his lifetime. How right he was!

“A symphony should be like the world,” he told fellow composer Jean Sibelius in 1907, “it must contain everything.” Each of Mahler’s major compositions, in its own way, seeks to express a world’s worth of emotion and experience. The same symphony, or even the same movement of a symphony, may contain any or all of the following: heroism and tragedy, nobility and satire, simplicity and sophistication, despair and contentment. Massive blocks of orchestral sound dissolve into passages scored with the delicacy of chamber music (and vice-versa). Raucous marching bands and whirling, stamping country dancers rub shoulders with angelic, heavenly choirs. This is the unique sound world of Gustav Mahler.

No composition of his achieves his goal of enhancing life with a greater, more unequivocal sense of triumph than his Second Symphony. The fact that he composed it between the ages of 28 and 34 makes its stunning impact even more remarkable. ...

Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Digitally remastered

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