Mahler: Symphony No. 4 & Schnabel: Lieder

Release Date: 6th Oct 2017
Catalogue No: CD1709
Label: Claves
Length: 69 minutes

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Mahler: Symphony No. 4

Work length59:07

Rachel Harnisch
MythenEnsembleOrchestral
Graziella Contratto

I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen

Track length17:03

II. In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast

Track length10:05

III. Ruhevoll

Track length21:08

IV. Sehr behaglich (Aus: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Das himmlische Leben)

Track length10:51

Schnabel: Dann, Op. 11 No. 2

Work length2:59

Rachel Harnisch
MythenEnsembleOrchestral
Graziella Contratto

Schnabel: Marienlied, Op. 11 No. 4

Work length1:55

Rachel Harnisch
MythenEnsembleOrchestral
Graziella Contratto

Schnabel: Sieh mein Kind, ich gehe, Op. 11 No. 7

Work length1:33

Rachel Harnisch
MythenEnsembleOrchestral
Graziella Contratto

Schnabel: Abendlandschaft, Op. 14 No. 14

Work length2:05

Rachel Harnisch
MythenEnsembleOrchestral
Graziella Contratto

Schnabel: Heisst es, viel Dich bitten, Op. 14 No. 16

Work length1:48

Rachel Harnisch
MythenEnsembleOrchestral
Graziella Contratto

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Since the memorial concert for Artur Schnabel that took place in my hometown of Schwyz in 2009, which we shall return to later, the MythenEnsembleOrchestra has been regularly performing the chamber version of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony under my musical direction: at festivals, in museum concerts or in private venues. Consisting of freelance chamber musicians and soloists from various Swiss symphony orchestras, the ensemble functions like a small republic of art in which each individual musician has a clear say.

This approach seemed ideally suited to the music of Mahler and its manner of transforming the individual orchestral voices into characters, sound metaphors and voices of the people. From a historical perspective, we felt indebted to the tradition of the Society for Private Musical Performances founded in 1918 in association with Arnold Schönberg’s composition classes. Due to the inflationary economic conditions at the time, the music enthusiasts of the Vienna Circle could not afford full symphonies and had to rely on specially arranged, cheaper chamber renditions in private settings. In the ingenious chamber version by Klaus Simon from 2007, the symphonic scoring of Mahler’s work is similarly limited to just 14 instruments with a solo soprano.

The arranger manages to reproduce the full colour spectrum of Mahler’s orchestration with a modest woodwind section, one horn, a string quintet, piano, accordion and two percussionists. As interpreters we were presented with the delightful task of sensitively sounding out and shaping redistributed motifs and unexpected sound patterns in the newly formed score – A huge pleasure for all 14 soloists and the Swiss soprano Rachel Harnisch!

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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 & Schnabel: Lieder

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