マーラー: 交響曲第1番

MTT＆SFSの“巨人”が復活！
MTT＆SFSの偉業、「マーラー全集」第2弾としてリリースされ、長らく入手不可能の状態が続いていた交響曲第1番「巨人」が復活リリース！ 9.11同時多発テロの余波が残っていた2001年9月19日から23日にかけてライヴ収録された「巨人」。一糸乱れぬ極限の演奏、MTT＆SFSのサウンドを最大限引き出す超優秀録音による「巨人」は、数ある同曲の演奏の中でも間違いなくトップクラスに位置する名演です！
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This album was the second in the series of Mahler symphonies released by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas; it appeared in 2001 on the orchestra's new label, and was recorded on several occasions within two weeks of the September 11 terrorist attacks. You might expect an unorthodox Mahler Symphony No. 1 ("Titan") from Tilson Thomas, and to an extent you get one, but his reading is definitely in the Mahler mainstream and really quite strong. It's on the slow side, episodic, and often dryly humorous, which is an admirable quality for Mahlerians to cultivate. Tilson Thomas' experience as an Ives conductor seems to benefit him here, and it's worth remembering that Mahler planned to premiere the Ives Symphony No. 3 with the New York Philharmonic before his untimely death. Tilson Thomas breaks the symphony down into its constituent parts: Wagnerian triumphalism, klezmer, Austrian folk song, decadent sensualism, and more. The work has all the qualities of Mahler's later, larger works, presented in a slightly smaller package, and Tilson Thomas brings them all out clearly. If there are smoother violin sections than that of the San Francisco Symphony, the brasses and especially the percussion section, captured in full color in Davies Hall via Super Audio sound, rise fully to the occasion. The result is a "Titan" that embraces the work's joyous, catholic quality. A fine choice for anyone starting out with Mahler.