Gustav Mahler - Symphonie Nr. 6 - Naxos Deutschland

"Aufnahme"
Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Center Lucerne, 10 August 2006

"Musik"
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Claudio Abbado

The Lucerne Festival each year opens with a concert given by the resident Lucerne Festival Orchestra. This is an élite ensemble founded by Claudio Abbado that is based on the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, to which are added internationally renowned soloists and chamber musicians. Marking the centenary of the symphony's première in 1906, Abbado leads a heart-felt rendition of Mahler's tragic and prophetic Symphony No. 6; the performance was made all the more powerful because of Abbado's long association with Mahler's music.