Mahler - Symphony No. 2

CD - ‘This music is so rich that I hope I can bring audiences closer to heaven with it. I will have succeeded in my mission if listeners go home with the feeling of having been in another world.’ - Mariss Jansons
RCO Live: Concertgebouworkest performs Mahler's Second symphony conducted by Mariss Jansons - cover 10002 - image: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
RCO Live: Concertgebouworkest performs Mahler's Second symphony conducted by Mariss Jansons - cover 10002 - image: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest

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Performers

Mariss Jansons, chief conductor
Ricarda Merbeth, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo soprano

Netherlands Radio Choir, chief conductor Celso Antunes

Once again, Jansons stands out in these performances with his astonishingly keen eye for the minutest details. Like no other, Jansons possesses the ability to integrate all this beautiful detailing into the virtually infinite overarching climaxes that can make listening to Mahler’s symphonies such an exciting experience.

Playlist

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ‘Auferstehung’ (1888-94)

Revised Edition by Renate Stark-Voit and Gilbert Kaplan (2006)

Disc 1

 
1. Allegro maestoso 22:53

Disc 2

 
1. Andante moderato 10:40 
2. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung 11:38 
3. ‘Urlicht’: Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht 5:26 
4. Im Tempo des Scherzo 36:36 
  Total Playing Time Disc 1 22:53
  Total Playing Time Disc 2  64:18