Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection"

Mahler’s Symphony No 2 may be viewed in the context of two trilogies. Along with his Symphonies 1 and 3 it formed what Mahler called his 'passion' trilogy, into which he had drained his 'life’s blood'—themes of life, death and nature are interwoven and cross-referenced between the three works. The Symphony No 2 has also been grouped with the two symphonies that followed as ‘the Wunderhorn symphonies’ because of their close relationships with his settings of the folk poetry collection Das Knaben Wunderhorn. Yet the Resurrection Symphony also operates on its own terms as a self-contained drama: a thrillingly theatrical conception that embraces the extremes of human spiritual experience, from nihilistic darkness to radiant light. Although Mahler’s early symphonies do not tell a precise story, the initial thinking was that the ‘hero’ of Mahler’s first symphony is seen at his burial in the ‘Funeral Rites’ opening of the second (although this subtitle was later removed). Yet Mahler’s focus was on philosophical themes rather than storytelling, and later he tried to do away with extra-musical interpretations altogether, declaring: 'Away with programmes, they give a false picture! Let the public form its own thoughts.'

Number of Discs: 2

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