Mahler: Wunderhorn-Lieder and Symphony No. 10

Thielemann’s performance is as persuasive in its forward sense of movement – no easy task given the stop-start nature of the argument - as it is in dynamic contrasts; there’s always feeling and... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2018
Catalogue No: 9305211271
Label: Münchner Philharmoniker
Length: 59 minutes

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Excerpt, Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1899 version)

Work length34:52

Michael Volle (baritone)
Münchner Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann

I. Der Schildwache Nachtlied

Track length5:53

IV. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?

Track length2:11

VII. Rheinlegendchen

Track length3:20

IX. Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen

Track length6:35

VIII. Lied des Verfolgten im Turm

Track length3:56

V. Das irdische Leben

Track length2:35

XII. Der Tamboursg'sell

Track length5:24

XI. Urlicht

Track length4:58

Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major - Adagio

Work length25:01

Münchner Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann

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Gustav Mahler and the Munich Philharmonic share a very special connection. As a composer he sustainably linked the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. His works have been a substantial part of the Munich Philharmonic’s core repertoire ever since and the orchestra has excelled on many occasions.

The Munich Philharmonic is opening up its vast archives, giving listeners the opportunity to enjoy one of the richest collections of recordings by legendary artists. On the centenary of Gustav Mahler’s death, Christian Thielemann conducted a concert programme with Mahler’s songs to poems from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” by Friedrich Rückert sung by the renowned Michael Volle, as well as the Adagio from Mahler’s unfinished Symphony No. 10. The live recording of this exact concert performance has been exclusively lifted from our orchestra’s historical archives and will be released on the MPHIL label for the very first time this spring.

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June 2018

Thielemann’s performance is as persuasive in its forward sense of movement – no easy task given the stop-start nature of the argument - as it is in dynamic contrasts; there’s always feeling and intensity behind the softest playing. The pointillistic woodwind detail of the Munich musicians in fluent quasi-folk songs is impressive, too.

June 2018

One immediately notices the care [Thielemann] lavishes on the songs…Volle’s singing is often very fine, too, always dramatically pointed and naturally communicative. The words come across clearly but unfussily, and there’s a moving sincerity and integrity to his performances…Thielemann’s Mahler can feel a little too well balanced…but this is still a wonderful performance [of the Tenth], whose soaring intensity.

18th March 2018

The adagio finds Thielemann at his expansive best, getting playing of the highest quality from his then orchestra and sustaining a Parsifal-like breadth and intensity over the entire 25-minute span of the movement...this is a highly collectible Mahler performance from one of today’s most compelling German conductors.

Mahler: Wunderhorn-Lieder and Symphony No. 10

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