TITLE : Mahler: Symphony No.9
CATALOGUE NUMBER : 464 714-2
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE : December 2000
 
WORKS
Symphony No.9
Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

CD 1
Symphony No.9 in D
I Andante comodo
II Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers
III Rondo-Burleske

CD 2
Symphony No.9 in D (conclusion)
IV Adagio

Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
1 Der Schildwache Nachtlied
2 Verlorne Müh’
3 Trost im Unglück
4 Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
5 Das irdische Leben
6 Revelge
7 Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
8 Rheinlegendchen
9 Lied des Verfolgten im Turm
10 Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
11 Lob des hohen Verstands
12 Der Tambourg’sell
ARTISTS
Jessye Norman
John Shirley-Quirk

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
COMPOSERS
Gustav Mahler
RECORDING INFORMATION
Mahler, Haitink and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra — simply a marriage that has never had any difficulties since it began. Haitink has always had the good fortune of inheriting an orchestra which literally had Mahler coursing through their veins ever since the reign of Willem Mengelberg.

Here is Mahler’s passionate Ninth described by Leonard Bernstein once “as if like dying”.

The recording of the songs selected from Des Knaben Wunderhorn is one of the best recordings available in the extensive Mahler catalogue of Philips. Jessye Norman and John Shirley-Quirk are simply wonderful.

All this of course in 24 bits-96kHz sound especially for the Philips 50 series.