Mahler Anniversary by London Philharmonic Orchestra 2010
London Philharmonic Orchestra performance - Mahler Symphony No. 1 on 4 December 2010
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Mahler Symphony No. 1 (original version including Blumine)
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Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
Mahler’s First Symphony: the opening chapter of his spiritual autobiography. And the music itself seems to awaken – emerging from hushed strings and woodwind cuckoos into its stride, marching forth, stamping towards an eerie realisation of a nursery rhyme and arriving at a final, blazing affirmation of confidence. Here Vladimir Jurowski includes additional, cleansing musical statements: Beethoven’s ‘taming the furies’ Fourth Piano Concerto, and the movement of the First Symphony that Mahler’s publisher discarded, Blumine – a pure and touching statement shot through with Mahler’s own inimitable sense of resignation and regret.
You can hear it here
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major - I
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan" - I
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan" - II
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan" - IV