Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra
Mahler 5
REFERENCE RECORDINGS proudly presents our second collaboration with the GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, in a spectacular live recording of GUSTAV MAHLER's Symphony No. 5. This richly emotional work was written in 1901 and 1902 while Mahler was recovering from a nearfatal illness. The premiere performance was October 18, 1904, in Cologne, Germany. The fourth movement is probably Mahler's most famous composition and is the most frequently performed of his works. About this new album, producer VICTOR MUENZER writes: "When in my early teens, my father brought home a recording of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5. The twoLP set was an artist's copy as he was a violinist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I had never heard any music by Mahler. But the moment I put that LP on the turntable, my life changed And I know that many people have had that same experience. Once again, we bring you the dream team of the beautiful acoustics of Walk Festival Hall, the unparalleled musicians of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, and the unrivaled presentday Mahlerian conductor, Sir Donald Runnicles."