Tennstedt / Mahler: Symphony No. 2
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Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 20 February 1989
Total playing time: 93:57
DDD Stereo
Released March 2010
CD: Tennstedt / Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Klaus Tennstedt conductor
Yvonne Kenny soprano
Jard van Nes mezzo soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Although serious illness had forced him to relinquish the Principal Conductorship of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1987, Klaus Tennstedt was able to return a number of times in the following years as Conductor Laureate. In February 1989 he conducted two performances of Mahler’s mighty ‘Resurrection’ Symphony at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The concerts quickly acquired legendary status; those present talked of an incredible interpretation shot through with emotion, conviction, musical depth and tangible atmosphere, captured here in this live recording.
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