Boulez Conducts Mahler (14-CD)

Discs: 14
Record Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: October 7, 2013

Pierre Boulez’s Mahler cycle, which started with his recording of the Sixth Symphony in 1994, reached its completion in 2013 with the release of Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the Cleveland Orchestra. This set features some of the world’s top orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic and Staatskapelle Berlin, across all of Mahler’s symphonies and symphonic song cycles. Without a doubt, this has been one of the greatest recording projects of its time — with two of the symphony recordings receiving Grammy® Awards.

Contents:

Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
May 1998, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Mahler Totenfeier
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 1996, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
Christine Schäfer soprano
Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna Concert Choir
June 2005, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano
Vienna Philharmonic
Women of the Vienna Concert Choir
February 2001, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna
2003 Grammy® Award, Best Orchestral Performance

Mahler Das klagende Lied (Song of Lamentation)
Dorothea Röschmann soprano
Anna Larsson contralto
Johan Botha tenor
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Jörn H. Andresen director
July 2011, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival

Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Juliane Banse soprano
Cleveland Orchestra
April 1998, Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland

Mahler Symphony No. 5
Vienna Philharmonic
March 1996, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
Vienna Philharmonic
May 1994, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night)
Cleveland Orchestra
November 1994, Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland

Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major (The Symphony of a Thousand)
Twyla Robinson soprano
Erin Wall soprano
Michelle DeYoung contralto
Simone Schröder contralto
Johan Botha tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann baritone
Robert Holl bass
Staatskapelle Berlin
Berlin Radio Choir
Berlin State Opera Chorus
Aurelius Boys’ Choir, Calw
April 2007, The Jesus Christ Church, Berlin

Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
December 1995, Medinah Temple, Chicago
1998 Grammy® Award, Best Orchestral Performance

Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy’s Magic Horn)
Magdalena Kozená mezzo-soprano
Christian Gerhaher baritone
Cleveland Orchestra
February 2010, Severance Hall, Cleveland

Mahler Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp Minor, Adagio
Cleveland Orchestra
February 2010, Severance Hall, Cleveland

Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
Thomas Quasthoff baritone
Vienna Philharmonic
June 2003, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Mahler Rückert Lieder (Five Songs to Poems by Friedrich Rückert)
Violeta Urmana soprano
Vienna Philharmonic
June 2003, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Mahler Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children)
Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano
Vienna Philharmonic
June 2003, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
Violeta Urmana mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade tenor
Vienna Philharmonic
October 1999, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna