March 8, 2013
Gustav Mahler never called his Symphony No. 2 the "Resurrection Symphony." But the name has stuck. It has resonated because his subject matter was death, and redemption, and Resurrection. We'll bring you highlights from Mahler's Resurrection Symphony from a concert in New York.
Today's Playlist
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Gustav Mahler
Songs of a Wayfarer - I. When my love becomes a bride
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Vienna Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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Claude Debussy
Six Epigraphes antiques for 4 hands - 6. Pour remercier la pluie au matin
Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Wu Han, piano
The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in c minor, "resurrection" - 4. Primal light: Very solemn, but simple - 5. In the speed of the scherzo - Allegro energico - Slow, mysterious
Miah Persson, soprano; Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano; New York Philharmonic; New York Choral Artists; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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Gustav Mahler (arr. Arnold Schoenberg and Rainer Riehn)
Das Lied von der Erde - 5. Der Trunkene im Fruhling
Brennen Guillory, tenor; Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
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Anonymous
Hors oires une chanson
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, UK
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Francois Couperin
Fourth Book Ordre 27eme de clavecin in b minor - I. L'exquise
Juho Pohjonen, piano
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, California