Composer: Gustav Mahler
Orchestra: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Size: 838 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor ‘Tragic’
01. I. Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig
02. II. Andante moderato
03. III. Scherzo: Wuchtig
04. IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Daniel Harding
Recorded: 20-22 March 2014
Recording Venue: Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Daniel Harding follows his first CD recording on the BR-KLASSIK label (Schumann’s Faust Scenes, BR-KLASSIK, 900122) with this live recording of Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Counting Sir Simon Rattle and Claudio Abbado among his teachers, since 2005 he has constantly made a name for himself with spectacular concerts with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks as a guest conductor. In this live recording of 2014 from Munich’s Philharmonie im Gasteig, BR-KLASSIK presents one of Mahler’s most unusual symphonies. Its dark and complex score contrasts starkly with what appeared on the surface to be a happy and carefree phase of the composer’s life when he wrote it. The world-class conductor Daniel Harding demonstrates great artistic flexibility here; and with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, he encounters an ensemble that has been among the pioneers of Mahler performance ever since the Kubelík era of the 1960s.