Riccardo Chailly & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: Mahler 2 13 years old

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and their Music Director Riccardo Chailly have already acquired legendary status – glorious reviews and many awards for their recordings testifying to their continuing success. At Leipzig’s International Mahler Festival, to mark the centenary of Mahler’s death, they performed his monumental Second Symphony in the Gewandhaus – together with two marvellous soloists and choral forces quite beyond compare. About the final movement the composer said: “The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don’t know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it.” The painting “Morgenrot” was chosen by internationally acclaimed artist Neo Rauch to feature on the cover of this release on DVD and Blu-ray.

Credits

Riccardo Chailly & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: Mahler 2 Cast

Name Character
Sarah Connolly She was 48, now 61 years old as Soloist

Riccardo Chailly & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: Mahler 2 Crew

Name Department
Riccardo Chailly & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: Mahler 2 (13 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
  • Runtime: 95 minutes