Description
Gustav Mahler — The Complete Symphonies (Wit), Naxos (15 CD)
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Product Details:
- Product Type: Audio CD box set (15 discs)
- Brand / Label: Naxos
- Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
- Conductors: Antoni Wit, Michael Halász, Robert Olson
- Catalogue No.: 8.501502
- Release Year: 2010 (compilation; recordings ℗ 1990–2005)
- UPC: 730099150248
- Genre: Classical / Symphonic
Product Features
- Format: 15 × CD (DDD)
- Total time: 13:31:54
- Orchestras/choirs: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Warsaw Boys' Choir, Kraków Philharmonic Choir, Kraków Boys' Choir
- Includes Symphony No. 10 completed by Joe Wheeler
- Made in Germany
- Condition: Brand new, factory sealed
Overview
This Naxos box gathers a complete Mahler symphony cycle — all the numbered symphonies plus a performing version of the unfinished Tenth — across fifteen discs and more than thirteen hours. The bulk is led by Antoni Wit with the Polish forces he knows intimately, recordings that earned strong critical notices on their original release.
Mahler said "the symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything," and these readings honour that scale — the vast choral architecture of the Eighth, the irony and tenderness of the Fourth, the long emotional arcs of the Third and Ninth. The set includes the Tenth completed by Joe Wheeler, a thoughtful choice.
With detailed notes and sung texts included, it's an outstanding-value way to own the whole cycle.
Interesting Facts
- The set collects critically acclaimed Naxos recordings made between 1990 and 2005.
- It includes a performing version of the unfinished Symphony No. 10 completed by Joe Wheeler.
- Most of the cycle is conducted by Antoni Wit, a Grammy-winning Polish conductor.
- The performances feature Polish orchestras and choirs from Warsaw and Kraków.
- Total playing time exceeds thirteen and a half hours across the fifteen discs.
Track Listing
Complete Mahler symphony cycle (Nos. 1–9, plus the completed No. 10) across 15 CDs, with associated song and choral movements. Detailed notes and sung texts included in the box.
Publishers
Released by Naxos in 2010 (catalogue 8.501502). Recordings ℗ 1990–2005 Naxos Rights International. Made in Germany.
Through all fifteen discs? Your notes guide fellow Mahlerians.
