Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
Clarity with power, clear balances and ferocity combined: Riccardo Chailly's latest Mahler Five surely has the best of all possible worlds for this comprehensive darkness-to-light epic. It's...
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
Clarity with power, clear balances and ferocity combined: Riccardo Chailly's latest Mahler Five surely has the best of all possible worlds for this comprehensive darkness-to-light epic. It's...
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As Riccardo Chailly points out, “The Fifth begins with a dark, gloomy, and tragic tone, but then is enlivened in the Scherzo and Adagietto, and eventually ends with a more positive character in the Finale – perhaps for the last time in Mahler’s life. The Adagietto is a revelation, a spiritual oasis. It is not an expression of pain, but rather Mahler’s declaration of love to Alma – a song without words.“ With the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Chailly gives the piece an unsurpassed intensity of sound and emotional expression. He achieves a compelling arc of tension in which the symphony’s unique fascination unfolds. The Wiener Zeitung characterized Chailly’s interpretation as „impressive with powerful and unreserved intensity.“
BONUS: Riccardo Chailly on his interpretation of Mahler’s 5th Symphony
Picture Format DVD: NTSC 16:9
Sound Formats DVD: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Region Code: 0 (worldwide)
Running Time: 73:37 min Running Time Bonus: 18:59 min
Languages Bonus: Deutsch, English, Japanese (tbc), Korean (tbc)
Disc Format DVD: DVD-9
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Gramophone MagazineNovember 2014DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
November 2014
Clarity with power, clear balances and ferocity combined: Riccardo Chailly's latest Mahler Five surely has the best of all possible worlds for this comprehensive darkness-to-light epic. It's rewarding to see the Leipzig Gewandhaus strings articulating with such mobile engagement.
November 2014
Chailly takes us on a journey from darkness to light...He's a pleasure to watch, being neither over-demonstrative nor affectedly matter-of-fact. He looks like what he's conducting and one sense that the orchestra agrees. If the rest of this projected second Chailly Mahler cycle is as good as this, then I suspect we have treats aplenty in store.
