Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 • Symphonie Nr. 10 (adagio) - Bernard Haitink, Berliner Philharmoniker

Gustav Mahler's Seventh Symphony was written in 1904-05 (scoring repeatedly revised). It is sometimes referred to by the title "Lied der Nacht", though this does not derive from Mahler and was not approved by him. The completed score was dated 15 August 1905, and the orchestration was finished in 1906; he laid the Seventh aside to make small changes to the orchestration of the Sixth, while rehearsing for its premiere in May 1906. The Seventh had its premiere on 19 September 1908, in Prague, at the festival marking the Diamond Jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph.

The Symphony No. 10 by Gustav Mahler was written in 1910, and was his final composition. At the time of Mahler's death the composition was substantially complete as a draft, but was unperformable in that state. Although many versions exist where the Mahler's draft score have been revised and completed by composers/musicologists (like Deryck Cooke) into a five-movement-symphony, here only the Andante-Adagio is recorded.

This recording is also from Haitink's second Mahler-cycle with the Berliner Philharmoniker dating from 1992 and released in 1995. As the 4th and 7th were also re-recorded with the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, this particular recording of the 7th with the Berliner Philharmoniker had to take on the fantastic re-recording of the 7th with the RCO. That recording dating from 1982 had already won critical acclaim and was regarded as a benchmark for any future recordings. Although Haitink's RCO-recording from 1982 now still holds its ground as the benchmark, the Berlin-retake has its own merits. The orchestra tuning is slightly higher than the 1982 RCO-version (just 1 or 2 Hz) and the recording is more direct, resulting in an altogether brighter sound. The technical level of playing is - again - of the highest quality and this recording should not be missing from your Haitink-Mahler collection with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Enjoy!


Track listing:

Disc: 1
1. Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 in e-moll - 1. Langsam - Allegro
2. Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 in e-moll - 2. Nachtmusik (Allegro Moderato)
3. Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 in e-moll - 3. Scherzo

Disc: 2
1. Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 in e-moll - 4. Nachtmusik (Andante amoroso)
2. Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 in e-moll - 5. Rondo - Finale (Allegro ordinario) - Allegro moderato ma energico
3. Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 10 in fis-moll - Andante - Adagio

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