After their earlier DSD Stereo and DSD Multichannel releases of Mahler Symphonies Nos. 1-7 and 9, conductor Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra return to NativeDSD Music with their new release of Mahler: ‘Das Lied von der Erde’.
“The long, endlessly stretched crescendo on the single note “e” (filled with so much desire) leads to the final part of Abschied, which I can only describe with the word ‘cosmic’. The voice is surrounded by floating meteors, objects, particles, or stars, which move in various directions and speeds. We have left the atmosphere and look back on the beautiful green and blue planet. ‘Die liebe Erde’, the lovable Earth that will stay and flourish in the spring (while we have less than 100 years to enjoy it), is the subject of Mahler’s adoration, the friend, to whom it is so painful to say farewell. This adoration of nature brings Mahler closer to Tao and Spinoza than to various religions he flirted with earlier. While saying farewell to the world, he found his true love and his true friend – planet Earth.”
– Iván Fischer
Tracklist
Total time: 01:00:47
Additional information
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SKU | 40020 |
Qualities | FLAC 96kHz, FLAC 192kHz, DSD 64fs, DSD 128fs, DSD 256fs, DSD 512fs, DXD |
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Cables | Van den Hul |
Digital Converters | Horus, Merging Technologies |
Editing Software | Pyramix, Merging Technologies |
Mastering Engineer | Jared Sacks |
Microphones | Bruel & Kjaer 4006 , Schoeps |
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Producer | Jared Sacks |
Recording Engineer | Jared Sacks. – Assistant Recording Engineers: Tom Peeters, Tom Caulfield |
Recording location | Palace of Arts, Budapest (March 2017) |
Recording Type & Bit Rate | DSD 256 |
Speakers | Grimm LS1 |
Release Date | August 10, 2020 |
Press reviews
Klassieke Zaken
Fischer transformeert Das Lied von der Erde tot een aangrijpende kosmische ervaring (…)
MusicWeb International (Brian Wilson)
I’ve had reservations about Iván Fischer’s Mahler in the past, but they have been resolved with repeated hearing. That was the case with his recording of the Fourth. There’s no need for me to take time to warm to his direction this time – I’m convinced by the interpretation, by Romberger’s and the orchestra’s contributions, and by the recording quality. If the DSD versions and the SACD are even better than the 24/96 stereo, they must be outstanding.
The Guardian
Iván Fischer’s Mahler cycle draws to a blazing close. Here’s a must-have for Mahler fans. (…) The BFO’s playing makes this a standout performance. It’s fresh and irrepressible, woodwind reedy and nasal, horns bright and heroic, strings brilliant, with the final “Der Abschied” a half-hour’s music of draining intensity.
HRAudio.net
(…) As has always been the case with this conductor’s Mahler performances we have here an account that is distinctive, yet free of any interpretive mannerisms, and marked by meticulous attention to the score. (…) It comes as no surprise then to assert with confidence that both performance and interpretation find the conductor and orchestra at the top of their respective forms. (…) Even when judged by the state-of-the-art audio quality achieved on the earlier issues the sound here is exemplary; natural, detailed and clear, but never clinical.
Het Parool
(…) Fischer behoort tot de interessantste dirigenten van deze tijd. (…) Het orkest speelt grandioos, zoals altijd, en met een unieke lenigheid, die door Fischer wordt benut met precisiewerk op de vierkante millimeter. (…) Door ragfijn spel van houtblazers weet Fischer enorme spanningen op te roepen. (…)
The Classic Review
(…) Channel Classics maintains its reputation for audiophile quality recordings: orchestra and soloists perfectly balanced, the overall sound brilliant and rich. Fischer conducts with total authority and complete conviction.
Noordhollands Dagblad
Iván Fischer en zijn Budapest Festival Orkest scheppen een hemelse, veelkleurige, diep fonkelende klankwereld. (…) Deze opname getuigt van Mahlers besef dat de aarde zindert van eeuwig leven.
Luister
(…) groots van visie, prachtig van lijn, met volle aandacht voor de fraaie details zonder de lange spanningsbogen uit het oog te verliezen. (…) Deze dirigent dringt door tot het hart. (…) hoog reikende vertolking, exemplarisch opgenomen door – natuurlijk – Jared Sacks. (8/10 stars)
CD Choice
Fischer’s acclaimed Mahler cycle began in 2005 with the 6th Symphony and steadily emerged as one of the finest on disc, thanks not least to the superb 5.0 multi-channel DSD recordings engineered by Jared Sacks in the Palace of Arts, Budapest. (…) As has always been the case with this conductor’s Mahler performances we have here an account that is distinctive, yet free of any interpretive mannerisms, and marked by meticulous attention to the score. (…) Purposeful, sensitive conducting. (…) The sound here is exemplary; natural, detailed and clear, but never clinical.
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