Mahler & Henze

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‘The riddles posed by my sixth symphony can only be solved by someone who has already heard the other five’ wrote Gustav Mahler in 1904, the year in which he put the finishing touches to the symphony that would later become known as the ‘Tragic’ symphony.This quotation is interesting on two counts: firstly, that the Sixth Symphony should prove enigmatic to its listeners, and secondly, that it could only be elucidated if the listener had already heard the first five symphonies – not exactly a straightforward provision by any means, and certainly not for the majority of Mahler’s contemporaries who heard the symphony’s premiere on 27 May 1906 in Essen. The symphony must, however, have made a devastating and yet bewildering effect on those who were already familiar with Mahler’s world. Whereas all of his first five symphonies had ended positively, the Sixth Symphony leaves the listener with a feeling of hopeless impotence, this being sublimated into a thundering A minor chord, the symphony’s main tonality. A minor prevails in three of the four movements; only the charming Andante introduces a sunny intermezzo.The tenor of the three movements is, however, not equally sombre; this is particularly true of the first movement, when ‘the hero’ begins his musical journey. Mahler always had a principal character in mind – ‘the hero’ –whilst he composed his symphonies and this hero displays a striking resemblance to the composer himself. It is therefore Mahler himself who sets out on a walk in the fields in the Sixth Symphony. 

Tracklist

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1.
Symphony No. 6 in A minor - Allegro energico, ma non troppo
23:45
2.
Symphony No. 6 in A minor - Andante moderato
15:35
3.
Symphony No. 6 in A minor - Scherzo: Wuchtig
13:15
4.
Symphony No. 6 in A minor - Finale: Allegretto moderato
31:12
5.
Sebastian im Traum - I
04:45
6.
Sebastian im Traum - II. Ruhig fliessend
06:19
7.
Sebastian im Traum - III
03:18

Total time: 01:38:09

Additional information

Label

SKU

RCO06001

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Artists

Composers

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Genres

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Digital Converters

EMM Labs

Editing Software

Pyramix

Mastering Engineer

Everett Porter

Mastering Room

B&W Nautilus

Microphones

Bruel & Kyaer

Conductors

Original Recording Format

Producer

Everett Porter

Recording Engineer

Everett Porter, Roger de Schot, Tiemen Boulens

Recording location

Concertgebouw Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Recording Software

Merging

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DSD64

Release DateNovember 11, 2016

Press reviews

Geko-Kurier Salzburg

‘On the occasion of the first combined performances of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle in the Wiener Festwochen concerts, we now pose a theoretical question: Which of the following would you most like to hear perform Mahler’s Sixth Symphony at this time?
A: The Vienna Philharmonic
B: The Berlin Philharmonic
C: Both orchestras together
At this moment we would be inclined to say: None of the above, but rather a completely different combination — Mariss Jansons and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra.’

The Daily Telegraph

‘This was predictably going to be one of the season’s greatest Proms, but as ever with Jansons, he surpassed even the highest expectations’

The Evening Standard

‘This was how it was meant to be’

Berliner Zeitung

‘This Sunday evening in the Philharmonie was a highlight, perhaps even the highlight of the entire music festival’

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

‘The art of creating colours in sound is here taken to extremes’

Trouw

‘Jansons takes his place in Amsterdam’s Mahler tradition with a thundering crash’

NRC Handelsblad

‘One of the most powerful concerts that I have ever experienced’

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