Osmo Vänskä / Minnesota Orchestra -Sinfonie 7 e-moll -BIS SACD+CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Sinfonie Nr. 7 e-moll "Lied der Nacht"

01. "1. Langsam - Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo"

02. "2. Nachtmusik: Allegro moderato - Molto moderato"

03. "3. Scherzo: Schattenhaft - Fließend aber nicht zu schnell"

04. "4. Nachtmusik: Andante amoroso"

05. "5. Rondo-Finale: Allegro ordinario"

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Minnesota Orchestra/ Osmo Vanska

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Mariss Jansonsâ??s international reputation as a Mahler conductor is indisputable. During his tenure as chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Jansons did not record a full cycle of Mahler symphonies. With this new 2016 recording that project is now nearing completion. Mahler himself led the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Dutch premiere of the Seventh in October 1909. How must the audience in the Main Hall have reacted to this whimsical work with its night-time atmosphere and eerie sounds? Although this vast symphony, featuring a number of unconventional instruments like the mandolin and guitar, did not catch on right away, it would slowly but surely win the hearts of music lovers everywhere. - MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA/OSMO VANSKA

In an effort to arrange the first performance of his Seventh Symphony, Gustav Mahler declared it to be his best work, 'preponderantly cheerful in character'. His younger colleague Schoenberg expressed his admiration for the work, and Webern considered it his favorite Mahler symphony. Nevertheless, it remains the least performed and least written-about symphony of the entire cycle, and has come to be regarded as enigmatic and less successful than it's siblings. One reason for this has been the huge - even for Mahler - contrasts that it encompasses: from a first movement which seems to continue the atmosphere of the previous symphony, the 'Tragic' Sixth, to a finale that has been accused of excessive triumphalism, and which Mahler himself once described as 'broad daylight'. Between these two poles, he supplies no less than two movements entitled Nachtmusik ('night music') framing a scherzo to which the composer added the character marking schattenhaft ('shadowy'). Mahler famously said that 'a symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything.' The Seventh is as true to this dictum as any other of the symphonies, offering a wealth of emotions, moods and colours. The composer makes full and imaginative use of the orchestra's extended wind and percussion sections - including cowbells, whips and glockenspiel - as well as a mandolin and a guitar, adding a troubadour-like aspect to the nightly serenade of the fourth movement. All of this is brought to life by the players of the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä, as they continue a cycle praised for the performances as well as the recorded sound.

Recording: November 2018 at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, USA Made in the EU by DADC

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BISSACD-2386

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