Mariss Jansons' performances of Gustav Mahler's symphonies with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra may be better known to his fans, but his 2007 recording on BR Klassik with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Symphony No. 7 in E minor fills a gap that was left in the RCO Live series, and provides almost equal quality in performance and sound. Appropriately, this is a super audio CD, like the other label's releases, and Jansons and the orchestra brilliantly produce the astonishing array of colors and effects Mahler ...
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Mariss Jansons' performances of Gustav Mahler's symphonies with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra may be better known to his fans, but his 2007 recording on BR Klassik with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Symphony No. 7 in E minor fills a gap that was left in the RCO Live series, and provides almost equal quality in performance and sound. Appropriately, this is a super audio CD, like the other label's releases, and Jansons and the orchestra brilliantly produce the astonishing array of colors and effects Mahler exploited in this symphony, nicknamed "The Song of the Night" for its vivid series of nocturnal images. Jansons also has a good feeling for this work's eccentricities of form and style, and interprets it with lucidity and a clear sense of its "night to darkest night to day" trajectory, despite its sometimes confusing changes of mood over five long movements. One might wish that this excellent recording could have no flaws, but one annoying problem is Jansons' out-of-tune humming...
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Add this copy of Mahler, G. : Sym 7 to cart. $16.87, like new condition, Sold by Streetlight_Records rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Cruz, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by BR Klassik.
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