SKU: 6003
"Tilson Thomas and the SFS are unflinching in their exploration of the work, with playing that is breathtaking in both its virtuosity and interpretive command... Grade A"
- Fort Worth Star Telegram
"The case can be made that the San Francisco Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas is currently the U.S.'s finest symphonic institution."
- The Absolute Sound
Mahler's Fifth Symphony is all about action.
It's his breakthrough work--a "foaming, roaring, raging sea of sound," he called it, a work of "dancing stars." The famed Adagietto was inspired by Mahler's love for his young wife Alma. Hear Mahler 5 recorded live by the SFS and MTT, the partnership that the Los Angeles Times calls "the most exciting Mahler combination anywhere right now."
Anthony Tommasini declares the recording "incisive and dramatic" in his New York Times review.
Track list:
- Trauermarsch
- Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter Vehemenz
- Scherzo
- Adagietto, sehr langsam
- Rondo-Finale, allegro
Total Length 73:21:02
Mahler Symphony No. 5 was officially released on October 10, 2006.
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