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Cover: Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1 · Blumine

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 1

Blumine

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor

ODE 1264-5 · SACD / CD · November 2015

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Track listing

5 tracks · 62:15

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Gustav Mahler

  1. Symphony No. 1 55:15
  2. 1 Langsam, schleppend - Immer sehr gemächlich 16:55
  3. 2 Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell, Recht gemächlich - Trio 7:51
  4. 3 Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen 11:08
  5. 4 Stürmisch bewegt - Energisch 19:20
  6. 5 Blumine 7:01

About this recording

This new release by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by their Chief Conductor Hannu Lintu includes a true orchestral classic: Mahler's 1st Symphony.

On this recording the symphony is combined with an original 2nd movement, Blumine, later abandoned by the composer after three performances of the symphony.

Mahler wrote his 1st Symphony during 1887 and 1888. However, he revised the work until 1896. Mahler gave the work the title ‘Titan' based on a novel by Jean Paul, although Mahler denied the work of being programmatic. The symphony is one of the most often played works by Mahler.

The recent recordings of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra together with their Chief Conductor Hannu Lintu on Ondine have gathered excellent reviews in the international press.

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Press

'gripping account' 'one of the best sound recordings I have heard in recent months'
Pizzicato December 2015

The artists

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) is the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), and its mission is to produce and promote Finnish musical culture.

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Hannu Lintu

Hannu Lintu is one of Finland's most sought-after conductors and is rapidly creating a major international career. He has been Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra 2009-2013, and also Principal Guest Conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. Before assuming the new role of Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 2013 to 2021, he was the orchestra's Chief Guest Conductor in 2012. Hannu Lintu was previously Chief Conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. He is a regular guest conductor with the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra in Finland and was Artistic Director of the orchestra's Summer Sounds festival in 2005. In November 2022, the Gulbenkian Orchestra announced the appointment of Lintu as its next chief conductor.

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