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G. Mahler: Symphony No. 7
audite 95.476|Jan. 2001
EUR14.99 CD

G. Mahler: Symphony No. 7

If Mahler did indeed strive for a glorification of pantheistic feeling for nature in his Symphony No. 7, then the result turned out to be extremely broken and complex. A letter from Mahler to a friend may here contribute to a better understanding: "I am always strangely moved by the fact that most... more...

Rafael Kubelik
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Gustav Mahler

"Kubelik's approach suits the music wonderfully well: the opening movement's mighty oar-stroke, the spectral scherzo, the balmy, beneath-the-star caress of 'Nachtmusik II'..., the finale's quasi-Ivesian revel." (Gramophone) more...

  • Répertoire - 10 de Répertoire
  • ??? - Lion d\'Or
  • Stereo - CD des Monats
  • Pizzicato - 5/5 Noten
  • Le Monde de la Musique - 4/5 Sternen
  • Scherzo - Los Discos Excepcionales

If Mahler did indeed strive for a glorification of pantheistic feeling for nature in his Symphony No. 7, then the result turned out to be extremely broken and complex. A letter from Mahler to a friend may here contribute to a better understanding: "I am always strangely moved by the fact that most people, when they speak of nature, only think of flowers, birds and forest air. No one seems to know the god Dionysus, the great Pan. Well, there you already have a kind of programme describing how I make music." The work appears in a live recording made on 5 February 1976 in the Hercules Hall of the Residenz in Munich.


This live recording is also available on 2 LPs [180 g Virgin Vinyl]:
aud 95476: G. Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 (Rafael Kubelik, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

  • American Record Guide | Gerald S. Fox | January 11, 2001

    As with the Kubelik recording of Mahler's Symphony 2 (July/Aug 2001), this 1976 concert performance of Symphony 7 is not to be confused with his 1970...

  • Classic Record Collector | Christopher Breunig | January 10, 2002

    The German firm Audite has given us not only this near complete live cycle of Mahler symphonies (sans 4 or 8), but valuable Kubelik/Curzon readings of...

  • Classica | Stéphane Friédérich | January 5, 2001

    Il manque encore les Symphonies no 2, no 3, no 6 et no 8 pour que cette intégrale captée en concert soit achevée. Cette Symphonie no 7 doit être...

  • Die Presse | Wilhelm Sinkovicz | July 4, 2001

    Rafael Kubelik hat seinen Mahler-Zyklus mit dem Symphonieorchester des...

  • Die Rheinpfalz | Gerhard Tetzlaf | December 2, 2003

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  • Fono Forum | Gregor Willmes | January 4, 2001

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  • Gramophone | Richard Osborne | January 10, 2001

    Rafael Kubelik's 1970 Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mahler's Seventh Symphony, made with this same orchestra in this same hall, was and remains as...

  • Hi Fi Review | January 5, 2002

    chinesische Rezension siehe PDF...

  • International Record Review | Christopher Breuning | January 10, 2002

    The German firm Audite has given us not only this near complete live cycle of Mahler symphonies (sans 4 or 8), but valuable Kubelik/Curzon readings of...

  • International Record Review | Graham Simpson | January 12, 2001

    Still the enigma among Mahler symphonies, or is it that commentators still miss the point, or that the work as a whole is simply not good music? This...

  • International Record Review | Graham Simpson | January 12, 2001

    Still the enigma among Mahler symphonies, or is it that commentators still miss the point, or that the work as a whole is simply not good music? This...

  • Klassik heute | Benjamin G. Cohrs | January 7, 2001

    Künstlerisch sind die bislang vorgelegten live-Mitschnitte von Mahlers Sinfonien aus den späten Siebziger Jahren eine interessante Alternative zu...

  • Monde de la Musique | Patrick Szersnovicz | January 5, 2001

    Avec les quartes empilées de son premier mouvement qui paraissent avoir...

  • Pizzicato | Rémy Franck | January 9, 2001

    Kubelik mit impulsivem Mahler
    Erstes auffallendes Merkmal dieser Live-Aufnahme der erratischen 7. Symphonie Gustav Mahlers ist die Schnelligkeit, mit der Kubelik die Ecksätze...

  • Répertoire | Christophe Huss | January 5, 2001

    La 7e Symphonie est l'un des points culminants de l'intégrale officielle (DG) de Kubelik, avec, en son centre, un « Schattenhaft » (le troisième...

  • Rondo | Oliver Buslau | January 6, 2001

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  • Rondo | Thomas Schulz | April 19, 2001

    Mahlers "verflixte Siebte", die so vielen Interpreten und Exegeten Rätsel aufgegeben hat, bereitet Rafael Kubelik keine Probleme. In dem Mitschnitt...

  • Scherzo | Enrique Pérez Adrián | January 10, 2003

    Magnífica recreación instrumental, conceptual y expresiva, otro soberbio hallazgo mahleriano de Kubelik. E.P.A. Pg. 84...

  • Stereo | Egon Bezold | January 9, 2001

    Rafael Kubelik galt als profunder Mahler-Interpret. Er war von 1961 bis...

  • The Lion | Claude Lamarque | January 9, 2001

    Il faut un réel courage et un remarquable directeur artistique pour qu'une petite maison de disques allemande (Audite) s'acharne à concurrencer DGG...

  • WETA fm | Jens F. Laurson | November 28, 2009

    Mahler’s Seventh Symphony is a forbidding work that can baffle the listener even more than the Third. The author of liner notes to one recording...

  • Wiener Zeitung | Edwin Baumgartner | May 2, 2005

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  • www.buch.de | Olaf Behrens | November 5, 2001

    Die siebte Symphonie von Gustav Mahler erscheint bis heute rätselhaft. Besonders der letzte Satz vermag aufgrund seiner überschwenglich freudigen...

  • www.ClassicsToday.com | David Hurwitz | January 1, 2001

    Rafael Kubelik seems to be enjoying a second career since his death, thanks to the flood of live and broadcast performances appearing on CD. He...

G. Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (audite 95.476)

part of the series: Mahler cycle with Rafel Kubelik in live recordings
article number: 95.476
EAN barcode: 4009410954763
price group: BCB
release date: 1. January 2001
total time: 72 min.

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