Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zoltán Kocsis Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1

BMCCD188 2014

The world premiere of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 took place on November 20, 1889 at the Vigadó Concert Hall, Budapest, conducted by the 29-year-old composer, and performed by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. The symphony originally consisted of five movements, but Mahler made many major revisions and alterations in the following years, until the piece reached its definitive four-movement form. It was this version, performed in Berlin in 1896, which eventually became known world-wide. Though the score for the world premiere has remained lost to this day, a subsequent five-movement version is still in existence. The Blumine movement of this version was inserted as the second movement in the final version, and it is in this form that Zoltán Kocsis conducted the piece on this CD.


About the album

Recorded by the Hungarian Radio at the Concert Hall of Ferenc Liszt Music Academy on 29 February and 30 March,
2004, Budapest
Recording producer: László Matz
Sound engineer: Endre Mosó

Artwork: László Huszár / Greenroom

Produced by László Gőz
Co-produced by Géza Kovács
Label manager: Tamás Bognár

The recording was supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary and the Hungarian Presidency 2013-14 of the Visegrad Group / In association with MTVA (Media Support and Asset Management Fund)


Reviews

Colin Anderson - International Record Review (en)

Grant Chu Covell - La Folia (en)

Ralph Moore - musicweb-international.com (en)

Stéphane Friédérich - Classica (choc) (fr)

Thierry Soveaux - Diapason (5 diapasons) (fr)

Jean-Charles Hoffelé - Artamag (fr)

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro - gustave_mahler.es (es)

Paolo Tarsi - L'algebra delle lampade (book) (it)

Paolo Tarsi - Artribune (it)

Rudolph Tang - Music Weekly Beijing (中文 - zh)

Łukasz Kaczmarek - Muzyka21 **** (pl)

Kovács Sándor - Muzsika (hu)

Balázs Miklós - Gramofon ***** (hu)

Sinkovics Ferenc - Magyar Hírlap (hu)

Lehotka Ildikó - Papiruszportál (hu)

Sipos Róbert - Kultifilter (hu)

Czékus Mihály - HFP online (hu)


3500 HUF 11 EUR

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"

01 Langsam, schleppend. Im Anfang sehr gemächlich 15:01
02 Andante allegretto (Blumine) 5:51
03 Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell 6:46
04 Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen 9:11
05 Stürmisch bewegt 17:55
Total time 54:44

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The world premiere of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 took place on November 20, 1889 at the Vigadó Concert Hall, Budapest, conducted by the 29-year-old composer, and performed by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. The symphony originally consisted of five movements, but Mahler made many major revisions and alterations in the following years, until the piece reached its definitive four-movement form. It was this version, performed in Berlin in 1896, which eventually became known world-wide. Though the score for the world premiere has remained lost to this day, a subsequent five-movement version is still in existence. The Blumine movement of this version was inserted as the second movement in the final version, and it is in this form that Zoltán Kocsis conducted the piece on this CD.

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