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Classical Candor Reviews Utah Symphony’s Mahler Symphony No. 1
John J. Puccio reviews the new Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan” recording from the Utah Symphony and Thierry Fischer on his Classical Candor blog: “The sound is good…here [the miking] is not so close as it is in many other live recordings. The result is a fairly natural perspective… the sonics are round, warm, detailed, and natural, as though heard from a moderate distance instead of so close up.” Full Review Order & Listen Now:…
Two New Releases! Far In The Heavens & Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
Far In The Heavens: Choral Music of Stephen Paulus World Premiere Recordings! Choral Music by beloved composer Stephen Paulus Far In The Heavens is comprised of recently composed and previously unrecorded works by Stephen Paulus, including two works that were commissioned and premiered by True Concord Voices & Orchestra: The Incomprehensible for their fifth anniversary season in 2009, and Prayers and Remembrances for the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 tragedy in 2011. GRAMMY®-award…
#TitanTuesday — Mahler’s “Titan” Symphony
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 The work recorded here is, of course, known everywhere as Mahler’s First Symphony. That is not, however, what Mahler thought he was writing at the time, and it took him several years to decide quite what he had wrought (and, in the process, to drop one of the movements). Was this a symphony, or did it belong rather to that alternative, more modern category, the symphonic poem? It was as an…
Utah Symphony #TBT!
Celebrate #ThrowbackThursday with Varujan Kojian’s Utah Symphony recording of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique! Utah Symphony Recordings on RR Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan” The Utah Symphony, celebrating its 75th anniversary in the 2015-season, is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in the Intermountain West. It is recognized internationally for its distinctive performances, commitment to music education programs, and recording legacy. Reference Recordings is pleased to announce the release of this new…
Utah Symphony Mahler in the New York Times!
The Utah Symphony’s September release of Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan” gets a feature in the New York Times Classical Playlist: “A cycle of Mahler symphonies was a nice way for the Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer, 57, who took over the Utah Symphony in 2009, to celebrate both its 75th anniversary (in 2015) and the memory of Maurice Abravanel, the orchestra’s great music director from 1947 to 1979.” —James R. Oestreich, New York Times Mahler:…
Utah Symphony’s Mahler Tradition
September 11 might mark their release of Mahler’s first symphony, but it’s not the Utah Symphony’s first brush with Mahler in their now 75-year history. From The Utah Symphony: The Utah Symphony’s first performance of a Mahler symphony came in 1951: In the Salt Lake Tribune the next day, Lowell M. Durham said it was “one of the most ambitious programs” yet attempted by Abravanel and the new symphony…The young ensemble met the challenge suprisingly…
Pre-Order September Releases Today!
September Releases Now Available for Pre-Order on Amazon! Far in the Heavens: Choral Music of Stephen Paulus World Premiere Recordings! Choral Music by beloved composer Stephen Paulus Far In The Heavens is comprised of recently composed and previously unrecorded works by Stephen Paulus, including two works that were commissioned and premiered by True Concord Voices & Orchestra: The Incomprehensible for their fifth anniversary season in 2009, and Prayers and Remembrances for the tenth anniversary of…
Coming Soon — Utah Symphony: Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
Coming September 11th — Mighty Mahler from Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony! The Utah Symphony, celebrating its 75th anniversary in the 2015-season, is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in the Intermountain West. It is recognized internationally for its distinctive performances, commitment to music education programs, and recording legacy. Reference Recordings is pleased to announce the release of this new and fresh performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. This…