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Title |
Symphony No. 3 in D minor, Das Knaben Wunderhorn, Ablösung in Sommer |
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Composer |
Mahler, Gustav |
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Conductor |
Sir Simon Rattle |
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Performers |
Birgit Remmert Simon Keenlyside City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Orchestra Chorus and Symphony Orchestra |
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Contents |
1. Symphony No. 3 in D minor (BR) 3. Ablösung in Sommer (SK)
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Label |
EMI Classics |
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Code |
CDS5566572 |
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Released |
November 1998 |
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Number of discs |
2 |
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ASIN |
B00000GCAK |
What the critics say
Reviewed for Gramophone November 1998. You have to register to access this review, but it is free of charge.
“Not every rival offers a coupling these days and it is fascinating to hear Simon Keenlyside in the Wunderhorn songs. As miked, his tone is leaner and drier than you might expect, and Rattle’s characteristically extreme characterization of the orchestral parts prompts him to adopt a more than usually interventionist approach. The selection ends intelligently with the song whose original instrumental substance provides the basis for the Symphony’s third movement.”
Reviewed by James M Keller for Opera News July 1999
http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/799/recordings.799.html
"British baritone Simon Keenlyside first attracted attention, earlier this decade, through a recording of Schubert songs. It was an exciting debut: his voice was pure, beautiful and healthily produced... This recording of eight of Mahler's Wunderhorn songs confirms that the baritone has acquired insight while maintaining his inherent vocal qualities. His is not a particularly sonorous voice, and the lowest notes of the bass staff sometimes display a touch of effortful forcing. In "Wer hat das Liedlein erdacht" his roulades are smooth and fluid, and he captures a sense of rhythmic buoyancy that is not always apparent elsewhere."