Credits:

Manfred Honeck

Description:

This is the quintessential Mahler Symphony No. 5! Honeck is a genuine Austrian conductor. He has a deep knowledge not only of Mahler's music, but also of the Austrian musical tradition, which Mahler often used as an important basis for his music. Horneck presents Mahler's Symphony No. 5, the fourth in the series. It is a difficult piece that marks a turning point in Mahler's entire creation. Horneck has expressed the "Authentic Mahler Symphony No. 5" with extraordinary attention to the tempo of the scherzo, the polyphonic structure, and the interpretation of the Adagietto. The music, which has a Viennese style throughout, is beautifully blended with the American brass sound of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the only one of its kind today, in a performance of heavyweight form. The high quality sound recording by Exton's state-of-the-art technology captures the music even more vividly. Octavia Records