Mahler - Symphony No.4 | Signum SIGCD219

Mahler - Symphony No.4

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Label: Signum

Cat No: SIGCD219

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 8th November 2010

Contents

Artists

Sarah Fox (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Sir Charles Mackerras

Works

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony no.4 in G major

Artists

Sarah Fox (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Sir Charles Mackerras

About

Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in February 2006, this release in Signum’s series of live orchestral recordings with the Philharmonia features the late Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Mahler’s Symphony No.4. The concert was a memorable one, as this review of that concert demonstrates:
This performance was inspired and interesting … Setting off at a no-nonsense, fastish speed, Mackerras’s appreciation of the numerous changes of tempos was a miracle of refined music-making that enhanced the rustic joys of the first movement. What impressed so much was the innate humanity of this music that in other hands can come across as insincere. Numerous details were bought out in the music, not least gurgling bassoons, clarinets suggestive of birds, and flutes that effortlessly floated above the general melee.

Each movement received wonderful care for the sentiment that lies behind the notes; the slow movement in particular was of a poise and serenity that was truly touching. The singing of Sarah Fox in the finale embellished the entire sense of naturalness that was enshrined in this memorable rendition, a triumph for the partnership of the Philharmonia Orchestra, on riveting form, and the venerable Mackerras.” (ClassicalSource.com)
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