Resurrection Archive
Resurrection – 12 Ensemble – Sancho Panza Records
A superb string ensemble with a fresh approach to contemporary music
MAHLER : Symphony No 2 – Heather Harper (sop) / Helen Watts (mezzo) / London SO and chorus / Georg Solti – HDTT
MAHLER : Symphony No 2 – Heather Harper (sop) / Helen Watts (mezzo) / London Symphony Chorus / London SO / Georg Solti – HDTT [various formats including hi-res PCM & DSD from www.highdeftapetransfers.com] [Reviewed from DSD64 files] TT: 80:34 ****: A historic recording of Mahler’s Second Symphony under Solti’s baton, now “resurrected” with HDTT! Georg Solti (1912-1997) recorded prolifically for Decca from 1947 until the end of his life, and featured both as pianist and conductor. The pinnacle of his achievement was, perhaps, his recording of Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen though recordings vie for that top spot including a sublime reading of Elgar’s Symphony No 1. His recordings of symphonies of Mahler began in Amsterdam during February 1961, setting down with the Concertgebouw Orchestra a very fine account of Symphony No 4. During early 1964, he set down a still highly regarded recording of Symphony No 1, this time with the London Symphony Orchestra captured in the equally legendary acoustics of Kingsway Hall. It was there in Kingsway Hall on 21, 23-26 May1966, that the London Symphony Orchestra assembled again for this classic recording of Symphony No 2. They were joined by two first-class soloists, Heather Harper and Helen […]
MAHLER: Symphonies 2, 8 & 10 – Wyn Morris – HDTT (2 audio-only Blu-rays)
Three Mahler symphonies in hi-res sound and recent recordings on Blu-ray audio-only. GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”; Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke version) – 2016 – High Definition Tape Transfers Blu-ray stereo ****: GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – 2016 – High Definition Tape Transfers Blu-ray 5.0 surround and 2.0 stereo ****: The first of these SATA has little technical information, but features the Symphonica of London conducted by Wyn Morris with the New Philharmonia Chorus, Brucker-Mahler Choir of London, Ambrosian Singers, The Orpington Jr. Singers, the Highgate School Choir and the Finchley Children’s Music Group. This strange Mahler symphony opens with the glorious Veni Creator Spiritus, and then goes to the three movements from Goethe’s Faust, with a stultifying number of soloists in the various parts of the opera about Faust and the Devil. A number of different arrangers have had their hand at completion of the Tenth Symphony of Mahler, and many orchestras perform just the first movement, since that was the closest to Mahler’s intention at the time. However, the indefatigable Deryck Cooke has produced a full-length performing version of the Tenth, which is heard here, played by the New Philharmonia Orchestra […]
“MAHLER Rarities” = Symphony No. 2 in c minor “Resurrection”: Andante moderato; Sym. No. 4 – Soloists/ Hilversum Radio Philharmonic/ Paul van Kempen – Pristine Audio
The Mahler legacy adds two rare documents of innate interest to the history of recorded sound. “MAHLER Rarities” = Symphony No. 2 in c minor “Resurrection”: Andante moderato only; Sym. No. 4 in G Major – Cadillac Sym. Orch./ Arnold Schoenberg (Sym. No. 2)/ Corry Bijster, sop./ Hilversum Radio Philharmonic Orch./ Paul van Kempen – Pristine Audio PASC 466, 62:08 [avail. in var. formats from www.pristineclassical.com] *****: Restoration engineer and producer Mark Obert-Thorn revives two significant documents for Mahler acolytes: the NBC broadcast (8 April 1934) of composer Arnold Schoenberg’s appearance before a pseudonym ensemble – likely members of the Blue Network Orchestra – leading music by the very composer who had championed his own scores in turn-of-the-century Vienna. The other, the G Major Symphony (January 1950) from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam led by Paul van Kempen (1893-1955), a former violinist under Willem Mengelberg who himself enjoyed a strong career in Dresden, Hilversum, and Berlin. The Schoenberg recording – in music other than his own – impresses us with its stylistic sympathy for a movement fraught with a pantheistic fervor and touched by nostalgia. A small break in the recording suggests that a change to another shellac disc had been required […]
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in c minor “Resurrection” – Vienna Philharmonic/ Zubin Mehta/ Ilena Cotrubas, sop./ Christa Ludwig, contralto – Decca audio-only Blu-ray
Another spectacular Mahler Second, this time in hi-res stereo on Blu-ray.
PENDERECKI: Piano Concerto ‘Resurrection’; Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra – Barry Douglas, p./ Lukasz Dlugosz, flute/ Warsaw Philharmonic Orch./Antoni Wit – Naxos
Piano and flute concertos by the Polish master Krzysztof Penderecki continue his integration of avante-garde and Romantic styles, with dramatic results.
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3; MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Anny Felbermeyer, sop./ Sonja Dreksler, alto/ Austrian Radio Choir/ Vienna Sym. Orch./ F. Charles Adler – Music&Arts (2 mono CDs)
Two previously unreleased performances by F. Charles Adler testify to his authenticity in the great Viennese tradition which he inherited directly from Mahler.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D; Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" – Nadine Conner, sop./ Mona Paulee, mezzo/ Westminster Choir/ New York Philharmonic/ Bruno Walter – Music & Arts (2 CDs)
This performance from the early days of Mahler acceptance—1942—strikes us with dynamic athleticism.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Soloists & Choir / /Israel Philharmonic/ James Levine – Helicon
A fine and welcome addition to the Mahler discography.
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