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The symphonies

Title
The symphonies [sound recording] / Mahler.
Published
[England] : Decca, 1994.
Physical Description
10 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Symphony no 10 was left unfinished at the composer's death; Haitink performs the only completed movement, the Adagio.
Compact discs.
Originally issued on Philips analog discs.
Program notes by Michael Kennedy in English, Hans Christoph Worbs in German,Isabelle Dulaurier in French & Quirino Principe in Italian laid in container (60 p. : ill., music, ports.).
Recorded in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, between1962 & 1971.
Variant and related titles
Titan symphony.
Resurrection symphony.
Symphony of a thousand.
Format
Audio
Language
German
Added to Catalog
June 30, 2016
Performers
Vocal soloists in Nos. 2, 3, 8, as given in contents; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor. Heynis;
Contents
[cd. 1] : No 1 in D : "Titan" (rec. Sept. 1962) (52 min.)
[cd. 1-2] : No 2 in C minor : "Resurrection" ; [vocal texts in mvt. IV ("Urlicht") from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, in mvt. V from Klopstock's Auferstehn, with additions by Mahler] (Elly Ameling, soprano ; Aafje Heynis, contralto ; Netherlands Radio Chorus) (rec. May 1968) (61 min.)
[cd. 3-4] : No 3 in D minor ; [vocal texts from "The drunken song" in Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra (mvt. IV) & Des Knaben Wunderhorn (mvt. V)] (Maureen Forrester, alto (mvt. IV) ; Women's Chorus of the Netherlands Radio, Boys' Chorus of St. Willibrord Church, Amsterdam (mvt. V) (rec. May 1966) (94 min.)
[cd. 4] : No 4 in G ; [vocal text in mvt. IV from Des Knaben Wunderhorn] (Ameling, soprano (mvt. IV) (rec. Feb. 1967) (53:30)
[cd. 5] : No 5 in C♯ minor (rec. Dec. 1970) (71 min.)
[cd. 6] No 10 in F♯ minor. Adagio (rec. Sept. 1971) (24:32)
[cd. 6-7] : No 6 in A minor (rec. Jan. 1969) (80 min.)
[cd. 7-8] : No 9 in D (rec. June 1969) (81 min.)
[cd. 8-9] : No 7 in E minor (rec. Dec. 1969) (77 min.)
[cd. 10] : No 8 in E♭ : "Symphony of a thousand" ; [vocal texts from Goethe's Faust & the hymn "Veni creator spiritus"] (Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hanneke van Bork, sopranos ; Birgit Finnilä, Marianne Dieleman, contraltos ; William Cochran, tenor ; Hermann Prey, baritone ; Hans Sotin, bass ; Toonkunstkoor, De Stem des Volks, Children's choirs of St. Willibrard and St. Pius X, Amsterdam ; Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense) (Sept. 1971) (76 min.).
Issue number
442 050-2 (442 051-2--442 060-2) Decca
442 051-2--442 060-2 Decca
Also listed under
Haitink, Bernard, 1929-2021.
Ameling, Elly.
Forrester, Maureen.
Heynis, Aafje.
Cotrubas, Ileana.
Harper, Heather.
Bork, Hanneke van.
Finnilä, Birgit.
Cochran, William.
Prey, Hermann, 1929-1998.
Sotin, Hans.
Dielemann, Marianne.
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies, no. 10. Adagio.
Concertgebouworkest.
Groot Omroepkoor.
Nederlandse Radio-Unie. Dameskoor.
Sint-Willibrordskerk (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Jongenskoor.
Toonkunstkoor.
Stem des Volks (Musical group)
Sint Pius X Amsterdam. Children's chorus.
Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense.
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