Mahler (1860-1911) - Symphony No.1 (Hamburg 1893 version): Hengelbrock / NDR Symphony Orchestra - Import CD

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Mahler (1860-1911)

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The shocking Hamburg manuscript that no one has heard before. World premiere recording of the Hamburg version of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 "Titan" by Thomas Hengelbrock, the conductor who has been creating a sensation in the German music world since he became the principal conductor of the prestigious North German Radio Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2011. As the second domestic release of the recording project with the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, the world premiere recording of the Hamburg version of Mahler's Symphony No. 1, which has a close relationship with Hamburg, the Symphony's home base, is released. The "Hamburg Manuscript" is a restoration of Mahler's 1889 premiere in Budapest, which was a failure, and the 1893 Hamburg revival, which was a revision of the original version. It is in two parts and five movements, and there are numerous changes in orchestral details.By referring for the first time not only to Mahler's autograph (in the collection of Yale University), which had served as the basis for the Hamburg manuscript, but also to Mahler's own revisions in the transcriptions (added during the rehearsals for the 1893 Hamburg performance, and possibly in anticipation of the 1894 Wahlberg performance) that were prepared for publication at the same time (owned by Bruno Walter before his death, now in the New York Public Library), we can see that the Hamburg manuscript is closer to the current version than the previously known "Hamburg manuscript. ), which was prepared at the same time (owned by Bruno Walter before his death, and now in the New York Public Library), and which was added during the rehearsals for the 1893 Hamburg performance, as well as revisions made in anticipation of the 1894 Wermer performance.For example, the fanfare motive by horn-trumpet at the beginning of the first movement is played backstage, no timpani is added at the beginning of the third movement (scherzo), the beginning of the fourth movement is a solo by contrabass only, without cello, and at the end of the finale (fifth movement), the measure between two tutti chords The finale (5th movement) has the same length of the bars between the two chords of the tutti as the current version, and the orchestration is also expanded to the same length as the current version. Under Hengelbrock's direction, the woodwinds are nimble and colorful, the string parts are vividly articulated in opposing positions, and the orchestra sounds three-dimensional and transparent. The way in which the profoundly famous North German Radio Symphony Orchestra is transformed into a completely new super orchestra is truly astonishing.This recording clearly captures the fresh sound of the orchestra, allowing the listener to experience the changes in orchestration that are unique to the Hamburg manuscript more clearly than in previous recordings. Sony Music