Mahler: Symphony No. 6
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© 2009 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
℗ 2009 BBC
Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 22 August 1983 by BBC Radio 3
Total playing time 83:53
Booklet text in English
ADD Stereo
Released June 2009
Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Mahler Symphony No. 6
Klaus Tennstedt conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Nolan leader
Mahler once remarked to Sibelius ‘a symphony must be like the world, it must embrace everything.’ His Sixth Symphony is a salient and personal statement, containing musical depictions of his wife and children. It reaches a tragic conclusion in the Finale representing ‘the hero, on whom fall three blows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree is felled.’ Klaus Tennstedt’s interpretations of Mahler during his celebrated partnership with the London Philharmonic Orchestra bear testimony to the way Mahler composed his life.
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It is quite simply unmatched in the high stakes of every moment, every bar: a composer and conductor on the brink in every sense.
Edward Seckerson, BBC Radio 3 Record Review (Building a Library Choice, 7 Jan 2023)
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