from Mahler: Symphony No 3 (LSO0660) 1 Kräftig, entschieden [32'22] 92 minutes 10 seconds 6 tracks2 Tempo di Menuetto, grazioso [9'41] 3 Comodo, scherzando, ohne Hast [17'20] 4 Sehr langsam, misterioso [8'35] 5 Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck [3'50] 6 Langsam, ruhevoll, empfunden [20'22] 'The complex first movement unfolds like a musical pageant and the LSO's playing is first rate' (The Sunday Telegraph) 'Gergiev's epic struggle to transcendence taps into something powerfully, movingly human' (The Times) 'I've never heard the opening Pan Awakes music more marvellously vivid ... you won't hear more brilliant playing than the LSO's' (The Sunday Times) |