Mahler Symphony No 1 180g 2LP (Vinyl)

Pressed in Germany on 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl!
Mastered from the Analogue Tapes in the Bavarian Radio Archives!

Rafael Kubelik conducting the Symphonie-Orcherter des Bayerischen Rundfunks performing a live recording of Mahler's 1st.

Mahler already broke through the previously valid dimensions and conventions in his first symphonic work written in 1888. No one had ever dared to express such an extreme alteration of feelings between apparently naïve Romanticism and utter despair in music before. The passages of idyllic transfiguration are repeatedly swept away by sudden demonic outbursts; the Finale, designated as “triumphal” by Mahler himself, cannot erase the memory of the preceding abysses and does not have the effect of a definitive resolution towards positive affirmation of life. Rafael Kubelik and the Bavarian Radio Symphony succeed in allowing the listener to experience the poetic as well as the dramatic passages with equal intensity and with a fascinating musical sense of suspense. The work appears in a live recording from the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz made on November 2, 1979.

Live Recording by the Bavarian Broadcasting Company on November 2, 1979.

Features:
• 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
• From the Analogue Tapes in the Bavarian Radio Archives!
• Pressed in Germany
• Gatefold Jacket

Musicians:
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelik, conductor

Selections:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 1
LP1 - Side A:
1. I. Langsam: Schleppend. Wie ein Naturlaut - im Anfang sehr gemachlich
LP1 - Side B:
1. II. Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
LP2 - Side A: 1. III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
LP2 - Side B:
1. IV. Sturmisch bewegt