Composer: Gustav Mahler
Orchestra: Mahler Academy Orchestra
Conductor: Philipp von Steinaecker
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1057
Release: 2024
Size: 1.44 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 9 in D Major
I. Andante comodo
01. No. 1, Andante comodo
02. No. 2, Etwas frischer
03. No. 3, Plötzlich sehr mäßig und zurückhaltend
04. No. 4, Mit Wut. Allegro risoluto
05. No. 5, Schattenhaft
06. No. 6, Bewegter
07. No. 7, Wie von Anfang
08. No. 8, Plötzlich bedeutend langsamer und leise
II. Ländler
09. No. 1, Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
10. No. 2, Pocco piu mosso subito
11. No. 3, Tempo III. Ländler, ganz langsam
12. No. 4, A tempo II
13. No. 5, Tempo I. Wie zu Anfang
14. No. 6, Tempo II
15. No. 7, Tempo I. Subito
III. Rondo Burleske
16. No. 1, Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig
17. No. 2, L’istesso tempo
18. No. 3, Sempre l’istesso tempo
19. No. 4, L’istesso tempo (2)
20. No. 5, Etwas gehalten
21. No. 6, [Clarinets]
22. No. 7, Tempo I. Subito
IV. Adagio
23. No. 1, Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend
24. No. 2, Plötzlich wieder langsam (wie zu Anfang) und etwas zögernd
25. No. 3, Molto adagio subito
26. No. 4, A tempo. Molto adagio
27. No. 5, Stets sehr gehalten
28. No. 6, Fliessender, doch durchaus nicht eilend
29. No. 7, Tempo I. Molto adagio
30. No. 8, Adagissimo
This recording of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is an event, because it was made with period instruments of the kind the composer used in Vienna. The Mahler Academy Orchestra set itself the task of reconstructing this instrumentarium and researching how musicians of the time played it: ‘We were struck during our rehearsals by the incredibly distinctive characterisation of the woodwinds, the shattering blare of the brass, the perfect balance between the instruments, and the pure and warm sound of the strings. . . They took Mahler’s brilliant orchestration to yet another level’, says Philipp Von Steinaecker, artistic director of this ambitious ‘Originalklang’ (original sound) project and conductor of this orchestra, which brings some fifty young musicians into contact with the finest instrumentalists from the world’s leading formations (Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Wiener Symphoniker etc.). Together they made this historic recording in Dobbiaco-Toblach in Italy, where Mahler composed his monumental symphony in 1909, two years before his death.