Mahler: Symphony No 9 / Gergiev
Label: LSO Live Catalog: LSO0668 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid Valery Gergiev, London Symphony OrchestraGustav Mahler The final release in Valery Gergiev's acclaimed Mahler cycle features the composer's Symphony No 9, recorded at the Barbican in March 2011. Mahler's wrote his Ninth Symphony during a time of great personal suffering and heartache. This is reflected in the music, at times manic and fierce, at others delicate and serene, as it explores many emotions and ultimately concludes with the heart-stopping coda of the Adagio, seemingly conveying the composer's acceptance of his own mortality. In addition to his recordings of Mahler's symphonies, Gergiev's other recent releases on LSO Live have included acclaimed recordings of music by Debussy, Ravel and Rachmaninov as well as Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet which recently won Disc of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards. In June LSO Live released Sir Colin Davis's recording of Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), featuring the young vocal talents of Miah Persson, Jeremy Ovenden and Andrew Foster-Williams. Other recent releases include Nielsen's Symphonies Nos 4 & 5, the first title in Sir Colin's eagerly anticipated cycle of the composer's symphonies, Walton's Belshazzar's Feast & Symphony No 1 and Verdi's Otello. Price: $18.98 |