Symphony No.2 in C minor "Auferstehung" - Gustav Mahler "James Levine - 1989 Live'

Composition Year: 1888-94, rev.1903
First Performance: 1895-12-13* in Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustav Mahler (conductor)
Recorded: Live in the Mann Auditorium, Tel-Aviv, 27 Februari 1989
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Performers:
Barbara Kilduff - Soprano • Christa Ludwig - Mezzosopran
The National Choir "Rinat" - directed by Stanley Sperber
The Tel Aviv Philharmonic Choir - directed by Steven Sloane
The Ihud Choir - directed by Avner Itai
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra • James Levine - Conductor
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00:01 I. Allegro maestoso
22:09 II. Andante moderato
32:53 III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
43:57 IV. Urlicht
48:53 V. In Tempo des Scherzos
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Work:
The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. This symphony was one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during his lifetime. It was his first major work that established his lifelong view of the beauty of afterlife and resurrection. In this large work, the composer further developed the creativity of "sound of the distance" and creating a "world of its own", aspects already seen in his First Symphony. The work has a duration of 80 to 90 minutes, and is conventionally labelled as being in the key of C minor; the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians labels the work's tonality as C minor–E♭ major.
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Gustav Mahler Foundation: https://de.mahlerfoundation.org/
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ATTRIBUTION
Music contained in this video is licensed to, WDR Runkfunk