Title from disc surface. Issued in set: The symphonies ; Das Lied von der Erde. Wiener Philharmoniker (1st and 3rd works) ; Sheila Armstrong, soprano ; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Edinburgh Festival Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra (2nd work) ; Christa Ludwig, contralto ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Sängerknaben (3rd work). Recorded at Konzerthaus, Vienna, Oct. 1974 (1st work) ; Ely Cathedral, England, Sept. 1973 (2nd work) ; Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, April 1972 (3rd work). Booklet with program notes by David Gutman in German and English (9 pages) inserted in container.
Summary:
"Beginning with the First Symphony, Bernstein reveals Mahler's position at the hinge of modernism, while emphasizing his emotional extremism. The uplifting Second "Resurrection" Symphony, with which Bernstein had an especially long and close association, is recorded here in a historic performance from 1973 ... In the Third, Bernstein encompasses the symphony's spiritual panorama like no other conductor"--Container.
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