Mahler - Symphony no.2 | Helicon HEL029634

Mahler - Symphony no.2

Label: Helicon

Cat No: HEL029634

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 10th August 2018

Contents

Artists

Barbara Kilduff (soprano)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
National Choir ‘Rinat’
Tel Avuv Philharmonic Choir
Ihud Choir
Isreal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

James Levine

Works

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'

Artists

Barbara Kilduff (soprano)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
National Choir ‘Rinat’
Tel Avuv Philharmonic Choir
Ihud Choir
Isreal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

James Levine

About

James Levine conducts Christa Ludwig and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in this live recording of Mahler’s Symphony No.2 “Resurrection” from Tel Aviv, 1989.

“This conductor is one of the finest Mahlerians around” – MusicWeb

“The Israeli Philharmonic has this music in their bones and they play as if their life depended on it. In addition, the two soloists rise to this sense of occasion. Ludwig, a frequent collaborator with Levine, sings her great solo with beauty and the appropriate gravitas. In fact, everyone involved seemed to sense that this performance was an occasion. The recording is in excellent stereo sound. This is especially impressive because this recording was probably taped for a radio broadcast. Moreover, the date of this performance catches Levine in what is perhaps the greatest period of his long career: the middle. Here he has just the right mixture of weightiness, expansiveness and tension.” – MusicWeb

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