Mahler Project
“This recording receives my highest recommendation, and becomes my first choice among digital Firsts.”
–Fanfare
Mahler's Symphony No. 1
Mahler's Symphony No. 1 is one of symphonic music’s most stunning debuts. The SFS and MTT’s second recording of the complete Mahler Symphony cycle, this powerful and passionate performance of Mahler's "Titan" was recorded during the SFS concerts of September 19-23, 2001, and captures the live-performance excitement of the Grammy-winning conductor-symphony partnership that the Los Angeles Times has declared "the most exciting Mahler combination anywhere right now."
Press Quotes
“This is probably the best-played and most vividly engineered recording of Mahler’s First Symphony I’ve yet heard. The strings are silky, the woodwind solos dewy fresh, and the brass retain a brilliance from the first climax to the last.”
–Gramophone
“It’s not unheard of for this orchestra and conductor to sound so good together; anyone who’s been going to Davies Symphony Hall with any frequency in recent years has heard comparable performances. But to hear the dramatic sweep and sonic depth of the performance caught so resplendently on disc – that’s another story. Thomas’ dedication to live recordings has never seemed so thoroughly justified.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
Release Date: September 17, 2002
BIN: 821936-0002-2-9