Mahler: Symphony No.3 Riccardo Chailly & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Petra Lang

• Symphony No.3 in D minor - Part 1
• 1 1. Kräftig. Entschieden 34:59
• Part 2
• 2 2. Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mässig 09:45
• Part 3
• 3 3. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast 17:27
• Symphony No.3 in D minor - Part 4
• 4 4. Sehr langsam. Misterioso. O Mensch! Gib acht! 10:11
• Part 5
• 5 5. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck 04:18
• Part 6
• 6 6. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden 23:08
• Suite aus den Orchesterwerken von J.S.Bach
• 7 Overture (Suite aus den Orchesterwerken von J.S.Bach) 06:33
• 8 Rondeau (Suite aus den Orchesterwerken von J.S.Bach) 03:46
• 9 Air (Suite aus den Orchesterwerken von J.S.Bach) 05:06
• 10 Gavotte I, Gavotte ll (Suite aus den Orchesterwerken von J.S.Bach) 03:38
• Total Runtime 01:58:51

Info for Mahler: Symphony No.3

This outstanding release in the acclaimed cycle of Mahler symphonies from Riccardo Chailly and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam. Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 3 includes both solo song and choral elements within it vast and rich orchestral landscape. The vocal soloist on this recording is the distguished mezzo-soprano Petra Lang - one of today's outstanding German singers.

'Outgoing conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, has made many excellent recordings with the Orchestra since 1988 when he officially assumed the position of Music Director. His label is Decca/London, and most of these have had reasonably good sound, but often it seemed the engineers weren't quite able to cope with the famed Concertgebouw resonance. This is one of the great concert halls of the world, perhaps a touch overly-reverberant without an audience present, which seemed to be no problem for Columbia in their long series of 78rpm recordings made from 1926-1932, or Telefunken from 1932-1942. After that Decca and Philips recorded the orchestra successfully, particularly Van Beinum performances. Philips' official first stereo recording was in May 1957, Beinum conducting Debussy's La Mer and Three Nocturnes. Decca made their first stereo recording of the ACO in February 1961 with Solti conducting Mahler's Symphony No. 4, Anatole Fistoulari a suite from Swan Lake, both remarkable sonically, as one would expect—they were recorded by legendary engineer Ken Wilkinson. However, later Decca stereo recordings varied in sonic quality. With this release of Mahler's Third, the label apparently has solved all of the problems of recording in the famed hall. Unquestionably this is one of the finest sounding recordings ever made in the Concertgebouw. Brass has a splendid 'burr,' strings are rich and smooth, woodwinds are vivid, percussion has impact, and the famed Concertgebouw 'sound' is always present.

Mahler idolized Bach and this is reflected in his orchestration of six excerpts from Bach's Second and Third Suites: the Overture, Rondeau and Badinerie from Suite No. 2, and the second movement Air and two Gavottes from Suite No. 3. The suite was premiered with Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Nov. 10, 1909. This is full-bodied orchestration, in the Stokowkian vein, with a large body of strings, and an organ in the first movement of Suite No. 2. It's unfortunate separate tracks are not provided for each of the six sections. This Mahler Third is magnificent in every way, and the Mahler orchestrations of Bach are an added bonus.' (www.classicalcdreview.com)

Petra Lang, Mezzo Soprano
Ivan Meylemans, Trombone
Fritz Damrow, Posthorn
Annelie De Man, Harpsichord
Paul Verhey, Flute
Richard Ram, Organ

Netherlands Children's Choir
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Ricardo Chailly, Conductor

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