Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major

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Some orchestras more than others reveal with natural acuity the sonic and poetic imagination of a composer. For Mahler, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra seems the ideal instrument. Something very deep in the textures of this orchestra invariably sets it apart: the acoustic space always seems wider than the senses might suggest; the sound takes the time to live, in the moment and in its extension. The orchestra immediately moves Mahler's world away from a post-romanticism that diminishes him, and likewise it declines to plunge him into excessive modernity. This is not Klemperer, Bernstein or Boulez. This is a very singular world, whose rhetoric is really nourished by the freedom granted to each timbre, and by the combination of what makes them unique. In concert, the experience remains as memorable as it is breathtaking. Parisians for example had the chance, in February 2019, to hear the Third Symphony at the Philharmonie by the same artists, then on tour, at an evening performance recorded by France Musique.
Musical director of the Bamberger Symphoniker since 2016, the excellent Jakub Hrůša, always concerned with balance, lets the orchestra flourish and open like a flower, with multiple layers, while making sure to keep the line flowing. In this regard, Ruhevoll is a moment of pure beauty, unheard of sensitivity, with phrasing, polyphonic balances – the opening theme! If you really like Mahler, you cannot miss this absolutely essential, immersive journey into the heart of nature. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz