Ruth Leon recommends… Mahler Resurrection – RPO with Vasily Petrenko
Ruth Leon recommendsMahler Resurrection – RPO with Vasily Petrenko
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“The whole thing sounds as though it came to us from some other world,” wrote Gustav Mahler ahead of the premiere of his Second Symphony, known as Resurrection. “I think there is no one who can resist it. One is battered to the ground and then raised on angel’s wings to the highest heights.”
Very few works can vie with Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony for sheer emotional power, from the solemn first movement to the delicate alto song “Urlicht” that forms the fourth—and, of course, the spine-tingling final-movement pianissimo arrival of the chorus, followed by a breathless and jubilant apotheosis about which Mahler wrote, “There is no punishment and no reward. An overwhelming love lightens our being. We know, and are.”
Vasily Petrenko leads the Royal Philharmonia Orchestra in this singular masterwork at the Royal Albert Hall with mezzo Jennifer Johnson and soprano Elizabeth Watts as soloists.
What’s this Royal Philharmonia Orchestra?
1: a typo
2: the Royal Philharmonia chorus is involved with this performance
3: confusion with the Philharmonia, who also perform at the Royal Albert Hall, and will be presenting their Mahler 2 this September under Nefeli Chadouli.
Aren’t you familiar Sir Thomas Legge?
Don’t complain. This is an improvement – in the April 25 post it was spelled “Royal Philharmonci Orcestra”
The best Mahler 1st I ever heard was lead by Petrenko in Montreal. He said the Maison was one of his favorite halls too. I was hoping he would succeed Nagano.