Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
This is impressive. It's a big statement from the first explosive tutti and it weighs heavily on the senses...And like all the best Mahler the exaggerations, the sense of symphonic traditions...
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons
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This is impressive. It's a big statement from the first explosive tutti and it weighs heavily on the senses...And like all the best Mahler the exaggerations, the sense of symphonic traditions...
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Andris Nelsons and the Wiener Philharmoniker launch their long-awaited complete Mahler Symphonic cycle for Deutsche Grammophon with a breathtaking account of the Fifth Symphony, recorded in 2022.
This stand-alone release captures the orchestra’s luminous sound and Nelsons’ deeply human approach to Mahler’s music – by turns intimate, ecstatic, and transcendent. The performance’s sweeping intensity and radiant Adagietto offer a thrilling prelude to the full cycle to come, promising one of the most significant Mahler projects of our time.
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July 2026
This is impressive. It's a big statement from the first explosive tutti and it weighs heavily on the senses...And like all the best Mahler the exaggerations, the sense of symphonic traditions writ larger, are unapologetic and authentic...one to hear as an alternative to the classic Bernstein.
