Netopil: Mahler – Symphony no.9 (24/44 FLAC)

Composer: Gustav Mahler
Orchestra: Essener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Tomáš Netopil
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Oehms
Catalogue: OC1890
Release: 2018
Size: 703 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Symphony No. 9
01. I. Andante comodo
02. II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
03. III. Rondo-Burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig
04. IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend

Gustav Mahler was already very close to the after world, when he finished working on the 9th Symphony. So, the work is permeated by a permanent presentiment of death. At the same time, Mahler’s music vibrates full of vital energy, putting the listener in a melancholic, yet optimistic mood simultaneously. The result is a harrowing work with moving passages and violent explosions, mirroring Mahler’s personal drama be-tween life and death. The present recording from the Essen Philharmonie (April 2018) is a perfect proof of all this.