Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor
Album by Gustav Mahler & Rudolf Schwarz & London Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor is the fifth numbered symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1902. A large-scale late-Romantic orchestral work, it is scored for a substantial orchestra and juxtaposes sombre brass-led fanfares and funeral-march material with expansive lyrical passages and climactic, contrapuntal textures, marking a shift in Mahler's output towards purely instrumental symphonic writing and greater formal abstraction in his career.
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Disc 1
- 1.Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor, Part I: I. Trauermarsch (Funeral March)12:57
- 2.Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor, Part I: II. Stürmisch bewegt; mit großer Vehemenz (Stormily Agitated; With Great Vehemence)14:09
Disc 2
- 2.Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor, Part II: III. Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell (Vigorously, Not Too Fast)18:18
- 3.Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor, Part III: IV. Adagietto: Sehr langsam (Very Slowly)7:35
- 4.Symphony no. 5 in C‐sharp minor, Part III: V. Rondo Finale: Allegro16:50
