Yuri Temirkanov - one of the greatest Russian conductors recorded Mahler 2 only once for vinil in 1980 with the Kirov (Mariinsky now) Orchestra and Chorus with the soloist Galina Kovaleva (soprano) and Yevgenia Gorokhovskaya (contralto). This current release is a revived and remastered recording which should have been “given back” to music lovers long ago.
Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) YURI TEMIRKANOV, The Kirov Theater Orchestra and Chorus,
Galina Kovaleva, Eugenia Gorohovskaya
“Yuri Temirkanov heard the score ‘in a Mahlerian fashion’, sensing the nerve and the pulse of the Second Symphony precisely. The first movement with its countless dramatic culminations, the interspersing of tensely ecstatic moments and states of enlightenment, with its impetuous flights and grandiose developments against the general backdrop of a majestic
Yuri Temirkanov - one of the greatest Russian conductors recorded Mahler 2 only once for vinil in 1980 with the Kirov (Mariinsky now) Orchestra and Chorus with the soloist Galina Kovaleva (soprano) and Yevgenia Gorokhovskaya (contralto). This current release is a revived and remastered recording which should have been “given back” to music lovers long ago.
Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) YURI TEMIRKANOV, The Kirov Theater Orchestra and Chorus,
Galina Kovaleva, Eugenia Gorohovskaya
“Yuri Temirkanov heard the score ‘in a Mahlerian fashion’, sensing the nerve and the pulse of the Second Symphony precisely. The first movement with its countless dramatic culminations, the interspersing of tensely ecstatic moments and states of enlightenment, with its impetuous flights and grandiose developments against the general backdrop of a majestic
