Mahler 2 "Resurrection"

Album by Gustav Mahler & Ruth Ziesak & Charlotte Hellekant & San Francisco Symphony & San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Herbert Blomstedt

Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' is the second symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1894 and first performed in 1895. The large-scale work blends late-Romantic orchestral writing with vocal forces and a choral finale, exploring themes of mortality and transcendence and marking a pivotal expansion of Mahler's symphonic scope in his middle period.

Mahler 2 "Resurrection" by Mahler - album cover

First released: 20th September 1994

Symphony Classical

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Disc 1

1.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection": I. Allegro Maestoso
26:46

Disc 2

2.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection": II. Andante moderato
10:26
3.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection": III. In ruhig fließender Bewegung
10:07
4.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection": IV. 'Urlicht': Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht
5:06
5.
Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection": V. Im Tempo des Scherzo
33:08