Mahler Project
“...a Mahler which sets new standards – not least due to its outstanding recording technology. (5 stars)”
–Fono Forum (Germany)
Mahler's Symphony No. 3
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album (2003)
The Mahler Third is the most expansive of the composer's symphonies. There are moments of angst here, but the overwhelming message is of love's redeeming power, and the peaks this great work scales are some of the most glorious in all music.
The Mahler Third features mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, Women of the SFS Chorus, the Pacific Boychoir and the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Also included in this two-disc set is a recording of Mahler's heartbreaking Kindertotenlieder, with Michelle DeYoung.
Press Quotes
“It’s time to recognize that the San Francisco Symphony has taken its place among the great Mahler orchestras...Michael Tilson Thomas is emerging as a Mahler conductor of genius in this symphony cycle.”
–Fanfare
“Deeply felt, elegantly molded, stunningly played and recorded, this is one of the finest Mahler recordings to come along in quite awhile.”
–Dallas Morning News
Release Date: March 11, 2003
BIN: 821936-0003-2-8