TV Standard: NTSC
Color: Color

Credits:

Daniele Gatti

Description:

Mahler's Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 performed by Gatti & the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The Concertgebouw Orchestra, which Mahler himself conducted and had a close relationship with, has a special tradition of Mahler performance, and after Mengelberg, all successive chief conductors, including Haitink, Chailly, and Jansons, have also recorded the complete works of this composer. Gatti's style, which is oriented toward the richly detailed and unconventional dramatic development of music, marks a new page in the tradition of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Gatti's delicate sensitivity and solid construction skills, of course, but also the orchestra's beautiful qualities of breathtaking pianissimo, shimmering brass, and lustrous strings, are fully expressed. Mahler is full of unprecedented originality. The soloist in the fourth movement of No. 1 is soprano Julia Kreiter. Although it is an important part of the impression of the piece, the "heavenly life" is heard in Kreiter's clear and beautiful voice on a high note.