Mahler: Symphony No. 5

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Hand on heart, it's a long while since I’ve enjoyed a new Mahler Five as much as this. For a start, Rafael Payare clearly sees this teeming, almost over-rich score as a vibrant, purposeful whole...Yet... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Mar 2023
Catalogue No: PTC5187067
Label: Pentatone
Length: 67 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

May 2023

Orchestral Choice
Gramophone Magazine

June 2023

Editor's Choice
International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Symphonic Music

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Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Work length1:07:58

$16.00

$20.60

Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Payare

I. Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt.

Track length12:05

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$3.85

Ii. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit größter Vehemenz

Track length14:05

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Iii. Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell

Track length17:46

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$5.15

Iv. Adagietto. Sehr langsam.

Track length8:56

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$2.60

V. Rondo-finale. Allegro

Track length15:06

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The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and its Music Director Rafael Payare make their Pentatone debut with Mahler’s 5th Symphony. The album is also the first recording under Payare’s tenure, and the beginning of a longer recording relationship with the label. For Payare, the Fifth is the last symphony that shows Mahler still looking forward to what the future might bring, unlike his subsequent, much darker and existential works. Despite that optimism, there is enough tragedy and struggle along the way, resonating with Mahler’s life at the time of creation. Payare’s proficiency in late- Romantic repertoire coupled with the matured, distinctive sound of the Montréal players make this a collaboration to look out for.

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May 2023

Hand on heart, it's a long while since I’ve enjoyed a new Mahler Five as much as this. For a start, Rafael Payare clearly sees this teeming, almost over-rich score as a vibrant, purposeful whole...Yet this isn’t a case of sacrificing vivid detail to the long line. Time and again things stand out.

Sep/Oct 2023

Throughout, Payare also applies subtle but meaningful touches of rubato, creating a consistent feeling of tension and release. Everything holds together as one unit; every passage connected to what came before and what comes next. Expressively, what impressed me most is that the music does not come off as sectionalized. Orchestral execution is at a very high level as well.

June 2023

Intensity, inflection and colour build as the performance proceeds...This is a Fifth that sparkles.

11th June 2023

an intense and beautifully recorded interpretation that you feel will the stand the test of time.

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

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