Symphony No 1 in D major (Mahler)
from Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1-3 (SIGCD360)
1 Langsam, schleppend – Im Anfang gemächlich [16'26]
2 Kräftig bewegt, doch nich zu schnell – Trio: recht gemächlich – Tempo primo [8'27]
3 Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen [11'19]
4 Stürmisch bewegt [20'44]
56 minutes 56 seconds 4 tracks
'It's wonderfully stylish: that hesitant Viennese-style playing-around and a lovely warm string sound … you get that audience perspective as if you were sitting in the hall, and it's got all the ...
BBC Music Magazine
'These live performances taken from Lorin Maazel's recent cycle with the Philharmonia in London took me by surprise … never sacrificing spontaneity to predictability, shape, purpose and direction ...