Symphonies Nos 4 & 5 - DVD

Anton Bruckner expanded the concept of the symphonic form in ways that have never been witnessed before or since. Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin follow the harmonic development of Bruckner's Symphonies Nos. 4-9, revealing the breathtaking musical panorama of these exceptional masterpieces. According to Der Tagesspiegel, this unforgettable Bruckner cycle sets new standards and guarantees the Staatskapelle Berlin and their principal conductor a place in the Bruckner pantheon.

This C Major DVD of Gustav Mahler's Symphonies 3 and 4 continues the complete Mahler audiovisual cycle project the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Paavo JSrvi initiated with the recent of Mahler's first two symphonies. Soprano soloists Waltraud Meier and Genia Knhmeier feature in these performances of the Third and Fourth Symphonies respectively. InchGenia Knhmeier sang with a transcendent and immaculate tone.Inch (FAZ) InchGreat orchestra, outstanding conductor.Inch (Bild Zeitung)

This 2 DVD C Major Entertainment of Gustav Mahler's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies continues the issuance of the complete, acclaimed Mahler cycle with Paavo Järvi and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, which since the 1980s and the of Eliahu Inbal's FRSO Mahler cycle has come to be known as a Inchpowerful Mahler orchestraInch (Frankfurter Rundschau). As on previous releases, conductor Paavo Järvi's learned and probing introductions to the symphonies heard on the accompanying are a worthy and self-recommending bonus feature.