Mahler: Symphony No. 2
) | Label: MELODIYA Catalog: MELCD1002253 Format: CD Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad State Academic Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre; Temirkanov; Gorokhovskaya; Kovalyova; Choir of the Leningrad State Academic Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre; MurinComposed by: Mahler, Gustav Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony was a landmark work in the composer’s artistic biography. It took him six years to compose (1888-94), and chronologically it came with the swift rise of his conducting career. Neither the work’s size of forces involved nor its length prevented it from becoming one of his most popular works, subsequently subjected to numerous interpretations by conductors, including this 1980 recording from Yuri Temirkanov and the State Academic Kirov (now Mariinsky) Opera and Ballet Theatre, Leningrad, featuring soloists Evgenia Gorokhovskaya and Galina Kovalyova.  Price: $42.98 |