Gustav Mahler Symphony No 2 Riccardo Chailly Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (2011)

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and their Music Director Riccardo Chailly have already acquired legendary status glorious reviews and many awards for their recordings testifying to their continuing success At Leipzigs International Mahler Festival to mark the centenary of Mahlers death they performed his monumental Second Symphony in the Gewandhaus together with two marvellous soloists and choral forces quite beyond compare About the final movement the composer said The increasing tension working up to the final climax is so tremendous that I dont know myself now that it is over how I ever came to write it The painting Morgenrot was chosen by internationally acclaimed artist Neo Rauch to feature on the cover of this release on DVD and Bluray