℗ 2021 Andromeda
| Released | December 11, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 33m 49s |
| Record Label | Andromeda |
| Catalogue No. | ANDRCD6003 |
| Genre | Classical (Orchestral) |
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection"
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen, Lucretia West, Vienna State Opera Choir, Mimi Coertse
Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection"
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1.1
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I. Allegro maestoso - Schnell
Gustav Mahler; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Hermann Scherchen |
24:53 | |||
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1.2
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II. Andante moderato
Gustav Mahler; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Hermann Scherchen |
11:54 | |||
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1.3
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III. In ruhig fließender Bewegung
Gustav Mahler; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Hermann Scherchen |
12:52 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Urlicht
Gustav Mahler; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Hermann Scherchen; Lucretia West |
6:29 | |||
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1.5
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V. In Tempo des Scherzos
Gustav Mahler; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Choir; Hermann Scherchen; Mimi Coertse; Lucretia West |
37:41 | |||
No other conductor has done more for the music of the twentieth century, than Hermann Scherchen (1891, Berlin - 1966, Florence). He premiered more than 150 works, among them compositions by Henze (“King Stag”), Dallapiccola (“The Prisoner”), Berg (violin concerto), Dessau (“The Trial of Lucullus”), Schoenberg, von Webern, Xenakis, and Richard Strauss (“Symphony for Wind Instruments”).
As a known antifascist, he left Germany in 1933, where he was most recently engaged as musical director in Königsberg. It is therefore understandable that Scherchen, after his return to Germany, accepted his first great performances and recording projects with the works of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). His success was beginning already after the premiere of the 2nd Symphony in Berlin and the 8th in Munich, but was hampered and finally stopped by the growing anti-Semitism in Austria and Germany.
Here, Scherchen presents that touchstone of his repertoire in a stunning legacy performance.
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Andromeda Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.08 -13.02 to -0.16 | -28.26 -35.69 to -24.68 | -22.44 -32.00 to -18.10 | 15 14 to 17 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro maestoso - Schnell | -0.49 | -25.44 | -18.9 | 15 |
| 2 | II. Andante moderato | -0.32 | -27.05 | -20.7 | 15 |
| 3 | III. In ruhig fließender Bewegung | -1.41 | -28.47 | -22.5 | 17 |
| 4 | IV. Urlicht | -13.02 | -35.69 | -32.0 | 14 |
| 5 | V. In Tempo des Scherzos | -0.16 | -24.68 | -18.1 | 14 |