Symphony no. 3 in D minor

Album by Gustav Mahler & Jennifer Johnston & Minnesota Chorale & The Minnesota Boychoir & Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä

Symphony No. 3 in D minor is the third symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1896. A sprawling late-Romantic orchestral work, it is characterised by vast forces, rich orchestration, wide-ranging dynamic contrasts and a programme-like progression through varied moods, and it represents a major development in Mahler's symphonic writing as he expanded scale, timbral palette and expressive ambition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: I. Kräftig. Entschieden
    36:07

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: II. Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mäßig
    9:41
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: III. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
    19:07
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: IV. Sehr langsam. Misterioso. Durchaus ppp
    10:26
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck
    4:24
  5. 6.
    Symphony no. 3 in D minor: VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden
    24:17

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