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- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: BMCCD188
- Format: CD
- UPC: 5998309301889
- Street Date: 09/15/14
- PreBook Date: 01/01/01
- Label: BMC Records »
- Genre: Classical
- Run Time: 55 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Year of Production: 2004
- Box Lot: 25
- Territory: NA,GB,AU
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Zoltan Kocsis & Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In D Major, Titan
Mahler's 1st in its 5-movements version, performed by Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. by Zoltán Kocsis
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The world premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 took place on November 20, 1889 at the Vigadó Concert Hall, Budapest, conducted by the 29-year-old composer, and performed by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. The symphony originally consisted of five movements, but Mahler made many major revisions and alterations in the following years, until the piece reached its definitive four-movement form. It was this version, performed in Berlin in 1896, which eventually became known world-wide. Though the score for the world premiere has remained lost to this day, a subsequent five-movement version is still in existence. The Blumine movement of this version was inserted as the second movement in the final version, and it is in this form that Zoltán Kocsis conducted the piece on this CD.
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Blumine explodes in incredible colors, and Kocsis has a Mahlerian quality - so much so that the whole work takes just over 54 minutes! An exhilarating concert of urgency, virtuosity and an incredible panache, with some gypsy touch that cuts the funeral march, a character, an irony that one will seek in vain elsewhere.
—Jean-Charles Hoffelé, artalinna.com
I've previously expressed impatience with Mahler's First, however, this release bucks the trend doubly. First, this 2004 live performance is bright and energetic. Second, perhaps because this is a Hungarian effort and the symphony's five-movement incarnation originally premiered in Budapest, Kocsis restores the Blumine movement.
—Grant Chu Covell, lafolia.com
