Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection" I.Totenfeier (A)

Music composed by Gustav Mahler. Michael Tilson Thomas; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

Tempo: Allegro Maestoso

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[Sinfoniette]

There ARE better Resurrections out there, like the Zubin Mehta and the DG Bernstein. However, this has an awesome sound quality.

[ApsisApocynthion]

Yeah, also this is my city orchestra.

[19ylime19]

This is great :]

[17Purosangue]

From which "cd" does this symphony come from? I'm asking so, because i don't managed to find this excellent quality version! thx

[DavidFick]

@DavidFick

That said, "interpretation" should not be the issue of comparison here. I was in my mid-thirties, in my car, and somewhere inside a radio broadcast of the "first movement of "Auferstehen" (or so I believed) when I first encountered "Totenfeier." I was listening to music I'd been well-acquainted with since my teenage years (albeit "in the wrong key"); wits about me, I was quickly able to recall having read about "Totenfeier" as the precursor to the first movement of "Resurrection."

[DavidFick]

Please be clear that the first movement of the "Resurrection" is NOT the same as "Totenfeier." While some 95% of the material is the same. Totenfeier contains a few passages that would finally be excised from "Resurrection." Not unlike "Ameriques" (whose original version, by Varese himself, exists alongside its surreal "twin" --Chou Wen-Chung's) or the multiple versions of Mussorgsky's "A Night on the Bald Mountain," it's best to first acquaint one's self with a single version and go from there.

[theShiftblade]

@cellofellow1223 Why? I think that there are different interpretations of it and both work nicely.

[cellofellow1223]

The opening is MUCH too seperated

[Lukecash12]

Great picture of one of the most interesting people in Frances history. It certainly looks painful, the state he was in.

[corypark]

I prefer the Abbado/CSO recording of 76. I will be seeing MTT and SFS in Ann Arbor doing the Mahler 2 in April 2010. I can't wait!

[Sinfoniette]

About 3/4 of a year ago. I only recently got used to Mahler.

[Sinfoniette]

Mmm. Mahler Symphonies are a revelation when seen live, I hear. You get to actually 'understand' it. I missed the Mahler 8 at my city. It was when I didnt like classical music.