The Resurrection Symphony: Symphony no. 2 in C minor

Album by Gustav Mahler & Markus Stenz & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Elizabeth Whitehouse & Bernadette Cullen & Melbourne Chorale

The Resurrection Symphony: Symphony No. 2 in C minor is the second symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1894 and premiered in 1895. A large-scale late-Romantic work combining expansive orchestration, dramatic contrasts and the addition of chorus and vocal soloists in the final movement, it explores themes of death and resurrection and represents a transitional moment bridging Mahler's earlier song-influenced symphonic writing with his later, more explicitly spiritual and large-scale symphonies.

First released: 2005

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Disc 1

1.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”: I. Allegro maestoso
21:59
2.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”: II. Andante moderato
10:08

Disc 2

2.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”: III. [Scherzo] Calmly flowing -
10:50
3.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”: IV. Urlicht. Very solemn, but simple -
4:46
4.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”: V. In the Tempo of the Scherzo - Slowly - Allegro energico - Slowly
35:55