Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Songs From Youth's Magic Horn

Featuring

Klaus Tennstedt
Eva Csapó
Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden
Gustav Mahler

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Performer Biography

Klaus Tennstedt, the conductor on this album, was a highly successful German conductor who pursued an international career, serving as a musical ambassador in many countries.

Compositional Technique

Mahler's Fourth Symphony, like its three predecessors, draws on themes from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (Youth's Magic Horn), a collection of German folk songs.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mahler aimed to imitate and surpass the monumental style of Anton Bruckner, a composer whose importance Mahler was among the first to recognize.

Composer Biography

Gustav Mahler, like Richard Strauss and Hans Pfitzner, was both a conductor and a composer, with his conducting career supporting his compositional endeavors.

Performer Biography

Eva Csapó, the soprano on this album, initially studied piano in Budapest before training as a singer and developing an incredibly wide-ranging repertoire, with a special love for Lieder.

Performer Biography

The SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, founded in 1946, has a stated purpose of bringing 20th-century music to a wider public and has premiered nearly 400 pieces.

Composition History

Mahler composed mainly during his holidays; for example, the drafts for his Fourth Symphony were created during the summer holidays of 1899 at the idyllic resort of Bad Aussee.

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan" (Dresden Staatskapelle, Suitner) / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen [Prey, Berlin Radio Symphony, K. Sanderling]