Frederica von Stade, Claudio Abbado & Wiener Philharmoniker – Mahler: Symphonie No. 4 (SHM-SACD single layer)

The point of departure for Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, composed in 1899/1900, was Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim’s collection of folk songs, Das Knaben Wunderhorn. It marked the composer’s departure from the pathos and expressiveness of late Romanticism, which he replaced with a turn to New Music in the Fifth Symphony at the latest. Claudio Abbado recorded the work with the Vienna Philharmonic as guest conductor in 1977.

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Lista pieselor

1. Bedächtig. Nicht eilen

2. In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast

3. Ruhevoll (Poco adagio)

4. Sehr behaglich: „Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden”