Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 3 (Lucerne Festival Orcherstra, Claudio Abbado)

Recorded live at the Lucerne Festival, 19 August 2007 KKL Luzern, 19 August 2007 Lucerne Festival Orchestra Women of the Arnold Schönberg Choir, Vienna Tölz Boys Choir Anna Larsson - contralto Chapters: 0:00 PART I 0:50 I. Kräftig, Entschieden 33:55 PART II 34:10 II. Tempi di Menuetto. Sehr mäßig 43:26 III. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast 59:44 IV. Sehr langsam. Misterioso. Durchaus ppp “O Mensch! Gib Acht!“* 1:09:14 V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck “Es sungen drei Engel einen süßen Gesang“** 1:13:37 VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden *Text by Nietzsche: Also sprach Zarathustra **Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn *** “Blissful trust“ Those who were able to be there in person are unlikely ever to forget the occasion. Whenever Claudia Abbado conducts Mahler, especially when he is at the head of his own Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the whole is more than just the sum o