マーラー: 交響曲第3番、亡き子をしのぶ歌

MTT＆SFSのマーラー第3番！ 2004年グラミー賞受賞盤！
MTTにとって1987年のLSOとの録音以来、15年振りの新録音となったマーラーの「交響曲第3番」。これほど分厚く安定感抜群、しかも超優秀録音で再現される第1楽章冒頭のホルンには滅多に出会えない。2004年のグラミー賞、ベスト・クラシカル・アルバム賞に輝いたMTT＆SFSの代表盤です！
東京エムプラス

Michael Tilson Thomas' audiophile recordings of Gustav Mahler's symphonies have garnered much critical approval, and his SACD of the Symphony No. 3 in D minor and Kindertotenlieder must be counted among the most praiseworthy. Tilson Thomas has long been a leading authority on Mahler's music, and his deep understanding of his favorite composer goes a long way toward elucidating the complexities and contradictions in this enormous symphony, particularly through his transparent communication with the San Francisco Symphony, which skillfully translates his joyous interpretation into wondrous sound. The martial airs, folk-like melodies, tragic dirges, lyrical meditations, elevated chorales, and ecstatic evocations of nature are all of a piece in this massive work, which conforms to Mahler's dictum that a symphony should be like the world and embrace everything. Shaping all these incongruous elements so they make sense is Tilson Thomas' responsibility, and he excels in assigning them their proper places and meanings; with a thorough communication of Mahler's intentions, he directs the orchestra to create sonorities and effects with an authenticity and liveliness that few groups can match. The more compact and mournful Kindertotenlieder is a perfect foil, insofar as the seriousness of this song cycle provides a sobering balance to the sheer happiness of the symphony. The live recordings have DSD and multichannel sound, so the orchestra, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, and the women's and children's choirs receive a fully dimensional sound and clear reproduction that shows them to best advantage.