Mahler Chamber Orchestra Essentials

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Founded by Italian maestro Claudio Abbado in the late-‘90s, this ensemble bring a Mahlerian pensiveness and weight to Mozart’s mighty Don Giovanni, K. 527 Overture and Beethoven’s triumphant Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4. In G Major. The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is especially spirited in playing music by its namesake composer, pitting sprightly melodies against hefty, frequent shifts in mood. It all comes together in the ensemble’s approach to Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor (alongside provocative pianist Daniil Trifonov), where their readings come across as heavy, but with a feathery freedom in their quiet moments.

Overture (Bonus Track)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

5:28

"Notte e giorno faticar"

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Vitalij Kowaljow, Diana Damrau, Luca Pisaroni

5:31

"Madamina, il catalogo è questo"

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Luca Pisaroni

5:52

"Ah! dov'è il perfido?"

Joyce DiDonato, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Mojca Erdmann, Konstantin Wolff, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Luca Pisaroni, Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazón

6:37

I. Allegro moderato - Cadenza

Gautier Capuçon, Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

13:51

II. Adagio

Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Gautier Capuçon

4:30

III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding, Gautier Capuçon

5:19

"Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!" in des Lebens Frühlingstagen"

Claudio Abbado, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Jonas Kaufmann

10:42

I. Maestoso

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniil Trifonov, Mikhail Pletnev

15:40

II. Larghetto

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, Daniil Trifonov

10:20

III. Allegro vivace

Mikhail Pletnev, Daniil Trifonov, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

8:49

I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen - Recht gemächlich

Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

16:36

II. In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast

Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

9:14

III. Ruhevoll (poco adagio)

Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

23:09

IV. Sehr behaglich "Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden"

Daniel Harding, Dorothea Röschmann, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

9:28

O mio babbino caro

Claudio Abbado, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Anna Netrebko

2:50

E strano! - Ah, fors'è lui

Anna Netrebko, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

4:55

Sempre libera

Saimir Pirgu, Claudio Abbado, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Anna Netrebko

3:39

I. Allegro non troppo

Isabelle Faust, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding

20:35

1. Meditation (Arr. for Strings)

Daniel Harding, Janine Jansen, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

9:49

2. Scherzo (Arr. for Strings)

Janine Jansen, Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

3:31

3. Mélodie (Arr. for Strings)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Janine Jansen, Daniel Harding

3:52

I. Allegro

Teodor Currentzis, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Melnikov

7:10

I. Signal. Breite, majestätische Halbe

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Kolja Blacher, Claudio Abbado

2:08

II. Sehr lebhaft

Kolja Blacher, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

5:38

Prologue (Prologue)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding

3:27

Theme

Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

1:04

The Journey (Governess)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding

2:12

Oh! la pitoyable aventure! (Scenes XVII-XIX)

Jean-Christophe Keck, Magdalena Kožená, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Marc Minkowski

3:15

Connais-tu le pays?

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Magdalena Kožená, Jean-Christophe Keck, Marc Minkowski

5:25

I. Allegro aperto

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Albrecht Mayer

7:59

II. Andante ma non troppo

Albrecht Mayer, Claudio Abbado, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

6:58

III. Allegretto

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Albrecht Mayer, Claudio Abbado

6:17

Overture

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

6:05

"Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja.He da!"

Christoph Strehl, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Hanno Müller-Brachmann

4:30

"Hm! hm! hm! hm!"

Caroline Stein, Anne-Caroline Schlüter, Christoph Strehl, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Claudio Abbado, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Heidi Zehnder

5:46

"Es lebe Sarastro! Sarastro lebe!"

Kurt Azesberger, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Dorothea Röschmann, Erwin Ortner, Claudio Abbado, Christoph Strehl, René Pape, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

7:06

"O Isis und Osiris"

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Erwin Ortner, René Pape

2:32

"Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Erika Miklósa

2:54

"Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen"

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Hanno Müller-Brachmann

3:48

"Papagena! Papagena!"

Soloists of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Dorothea Röschmann, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

7:25

I. Allegro moderato

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsnes

19:04

II. Andante con moto

Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

4:49

III. Rondo, Vivace

Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

10:07

I. Allegro molto appassionato

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Renaud Capuçon, Daniel Harding

12:47

II. Andante

Renaud Capuçon, Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

8:22

III. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

Daniel Harding, Renaud Capuçon, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

6:04

I. Moderato

Claudio Abbado, Yuja Wang, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

10:26

II. Adagio sostenuto

Yuja Wang, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

11:15

III. Allegro scherzando

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Yuja Wang

11:26