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Mahler: Symphonies 1-9 - Neumann

Columbia x Tower Records  TWSA-1070/79 (10 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Mahler: Symphonies 1-9, Adagio from Symphony No. 10, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen*, Kindertotenlieder*, excerpts from Rückert lieder^, excerpts from Des Knaben Wunderhorn^

Magdaléna Hajóssyová (4), Gabriela Beňačková (2, 8), Inga Nielsen (8) & Daniela Šounová (8), sopranos
Věra Soukupová (* & 8), Eva Randová (2), Christa Ludwig (3) & Libuše Márová (8), contraltos
Thomas Moser (8), tenor
Wolfgang Schöne (8), baritone
Richard Novák (8) & Karel Berman^, basses
Kühn Children's Chorus (3, 8)
Prague Radio Chorus (3, 8)
Czech Philharmonic Chorus (2, 3, 8)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Václav Neumann, conductor

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (19)

• Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
• Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Revelge
• Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
• Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
• Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
• Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
• Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!
• Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder: Ich bin der Welt adhanden gekommen
• Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder: Um Mitternacht
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan'
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor (Adagio)
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a thousand'
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major