Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (with Score)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection“) (with Score) Composed: 1888-94, Soprano: Juliane Banse Mezzo-soprano: Cornelia Kallisch Conductor: Michael Gielen Orchestra: SWR Symphonieorchester Chorus: EuropaChorAkademie 00:00 1. Allegro maestoso (C minor) 22:16 2. Andante moderato (A-flat major) 32:32 3. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (C minor) 42:56 4. “Urlicht“ (D-flat major) 47:57 5. In Tempo des Scherzos (F minor – E-flat major) The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. This symphony was one of Mahler’s most popular and successful works during his lifetime. It was his first major work that established his lifelong view of the beauty of afterlife and resurrection. In this large work, the composer further developed the creativity of “sound of the distance“ and creating a “world of its own“, aspects alrea