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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
Awards:
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Musique Symphonique
with the Scherzo and Finale Harding is well up there with the greats…above all it's the Bavarian Radio Symphony, with its fabulous first trumpet, baleful, full-toned tuba and winsome oboist,...
Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
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Awards:
-
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Musique Symphonique
with the Scherzo and Finale Harding is well up there with the greats…above all it's the Bavarian Radio Symphony, with its fabulous first trumpet, baleful, full-toned tuba and winsome oboist,...
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Daniel Harding follows his first CD recording on the BR-KLASSIK label (Schumann's Faust Scenes, BR-KLASSIK, 900122) with this live recording of Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony. Counting Sir Simon Rattle and Claudio Abbado among his teachers, since 2005 he has constantly made a name for himself with spectacular concerts with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks as a guest conductor. In this live recording of 2014 from Munich's Philharmonie im Gasteig, BR-KLASSIK presents one of Mahler's most unusual symphonies. Its dark and complex score contrasts starkly with what appeared on the surface to be a happy and carefree phase of the composer's life when he wrote it. The world-class conductor Daniel Harding demonstrates great artistic flexibility here; and with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, he encounters an ensemble that has been among the pioneers of Mahler performance ever since the Kubelík era of the 1960s.
Contents and tracklist
- Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Daniel Harding
- Recorded: 20-22 March 2014
- Recording Venue: Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Awards and reviews
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année2016Winner - Musique Symphonique
December 2015
with the Scherzo and Finale Harding is well up there with the greats…above all it's the Bavarian Radio Symphony, with its fabulous first trumpet, baleful, full-toned tuba and winsome oboist, which collectively confirms itself as one of the top five orchestras in the world.
October 2015
There is much beautiful playing from the Bavarians, in the slow movement above all, assuming that you can accept an interpretation trading heartbreaking melancholy and human warmth for a kind of frozen poise…[Harding's] relatively deliberate, anti-rhetorical treatment certainly avoids the usual heaviness.
