Both Beethoven and Mahler, despite composing nearly a century apart, shared a reverence for J.S. Bach's contrapuntal mastery, which influenced their symphonies.
Critical Reception
The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, featured on this recording, is a three-time First Prize winner of The American Prize Competition in Orchestral Performance.
Compositional Technique
Both the Eroica and Mahler's Fifth Symphony feature prominent funeral music, reflecting their creators' preoccupation with mortality and the human struggle for transcendence.
Composition History
Both Beethoven's Eroica Symphony and Mahler's Symphony No. 5 were created during periods of significant personal crisis and struggle for their composers, leading to a rebirth in their compositional styles.
Performer Biography
David Bernard is also the inventor of US Patent No. 11,673,070, titled 'Methods and Systems for Arranging Seats for Audience Members and Musicians,' used in his InsideOut Concerts.
Performer Biography
David Bernard, the conductor on this album, is the First Prize winner of The American Prize Orchestral Conducting Competition (professional division) 2019.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City across two sessions in November 2020 and February 2022.
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