Mahler Symphony No 9
Gergiev Valery Lso
Mahler Symphony No 9
Gergiev Valery Lso
Catalogue # LSO068
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major
\nDSD recording, live at the Barbican 2-3 March 2011
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London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
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The final release in Valery Gergiev’s acclaimed Mahler cycle\nfeatures the composer’s Symphony No 9, recorded at the Barbican in\nMarch 2011.
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Mahler’s wrote his Ninth Symphony during a time of great\npersonal suffering and heartache. This is reflected in the music,\nat times manic and fierce, at others delicate and serene, as it\nexplores many emotions and ultimately concludes with the\nheart-stopping coda of the Adagio, seemingly conveying the\ncomposer’s acceptance of his own mortality.
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In addition to his recordings of Mahler’s symphonies, Gergiev’s\nother recent releases on LSO Live have included acclaimed\nrecordings of music by Debussy, Ravel and Rachmaninov as well as\nProkofiev’s Romeo & Juliet which recently won Disc of the Year\nat the BBC Music Magazine Awards.
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Review
Kate Rockstrom
This symphony is one of the truly stunning works for orchestra, at times serene and loving and others anguished and devastated. There are moments within this recording that will make you hum and others in which your heart will stop in your chest. These LSO Live recordings have a frisson to them that are sometimes lacking in studio recordings. Of course Gergiev has a big part to play, moulding each phrase into meaning. This is the only work on the CD and it feels like such a journey that it sits beautifully central on this recording. A great way to spend a winter afternoon.
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