Vaclav Neumann - Mahler: The Complete Symphonies (1962-1980) [2020 10xSACD The Valued Collection Platinum]

The second project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Neumann's birth. A great legacy by Vaclav Neumann (1920-95). Inheriting the tradition of Mahler performance in the Czech Republic, the musical world of Mahler, who was a Bohemian, is depicted with deep empathy and persuasive power. All songs have been newly remastered. The beautiful sound of the Czech Philharmonic from the Golden Age is vividly revived. The analog sound source is converted to DSD directly from the original analog master in the home country. Digital sound sources No. 3, 8, and 9 were up-converted using ORT mastering developed by our company (see booklet for details) and converted to DSD. The world's first SACD version except for No. 1, 2, and 5. A box set of 14 CDs was released in 2014, but this time it is packed in 10 CDs.

This complete collection was recorded on the Czech Philharmonic, where Neumann had been chief conductor since 1968, and on Supraphon, which took six years to complete from 1976 to 1982. This is a collection of 14 songs in total, including some of the songs that were recorded. The songs up to No. 4, recorded in October 1980, were recorded in analog form, and the subsequent three songs, No. 3, No. 9, and No. 8, recorded in December 1981, were digitally recorded. In addition, Neumann recorded Mahler's three Nos. 5-7 in the 1960s with his former Gewandhaus Orchestra, and in his later years he also recorded Nos. 1-6 with the Czech Philharmonic and Canyon Classics. Although the seven songs of No. 9 were recorded from 1992 until a few days before his death, they were never completed. Neumann has performed many Mahler songs, including live performances, leaving behind three recordings of the two Nos. 5 and 6. It can be said that among the conductors of his generation from the former East, he was as good at Mahler as Kubelik. In particular, it is extremely valuable in the sense that it is a complete recording of Mahler just before the full-fledged Mahler boom as a record, and it is a sound source that became an explosive boom after the transition from analog recording to digital, such as Tennstedt and Sinopoli. Although he was somewhat overshadowed at the time, Neumann's interpretation of the original sound combined with the beautiful sound and suppleness of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra's distinctive orchestra created a unique image of Mahler that could only be achieved by the two of them. As a complete recording, it is a sound source that should be more appreciated now. In this reprint, the analog sound source has been converted directly to DSD from the original analog master tape in Japan, so you can experience it with unprecedented freshness and an overwhelming sense of range that exceeds previous evaluations. can. In addition, the three songs No. 1, 2, and 5 were made into SACD in the original 4ch in 2006, but the other songs will be made into SACD for the first time.

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Tracks:

Disc 1
1. Symphony No. 1 in D Major, "Titan"
2. Revelge/Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder/Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen/Um Mitternacht

Disc 2
3. Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection"

Disc 3-4
4. Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
5. Symphony No. 4 in G Major

Disc 5
6. Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

Disc 6
7. Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, "Tragic"

Disc 7
8. Symphony No. 7 in E Minor

Disc 8
9. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand"

Disc 9
10. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Disc 10
11. Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Minor: I. Adagio
12. Kindertotenlieder
13. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
14. Des Knaben Wunderhorn: No. 9. Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen


Personnel:

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Václav Neumann

Recorded: Live, STEREO
November 1962 (12-14), February 1976 (11), February 1977 (6), October 1977 (2),
January 1978 (8), April 1979 (7), October 1979 (1), June 1980 (3), October 1980 (5),
Rudolfinum, Praha