Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)Symphony No. 1 in D major
Symphony No, 4 in G major
Das Lied von der Erde
Max Emanuel Cencic boy soprano
Zeger Vandersteene tenor
Glenys Linos mezzosoprano
Ljubljana RSO
Anton Nanut
Recorded 1985-89
Denon 2009
digital download, cover
This is a Denon reissue of three discs recorded in the late 1980s in Ljubljana, Slovenia, by the Stradivari label and reissued many times around the world on budget labels. In addition to the inspired direction of Anton Nanut and the idiomatic performance of the orchestra (which although not at the level of the big European ensembles is far from being a provincial group) the 4th. Symphony and The Song of the Earth have the outstanding presence of two singers related to baroque music: Max Emanuel Cencic (14 years old at the time), former singer of the Vienna Boys´ Choir and today a star, and Zeger Vandersteene, who recorded Rameau's Castor and Pollux with Gerard Souzay and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Anglo-Egyptian singer Glenys Linos brings to the work her opulent timbre and emotion, in spite of some harshness in the voice production. Anton Nanut conducts with structural coherence and broad command of the Mahlerian language. Enjoy!