As Riccardo Chailly points out, “The Fifth begins with a dark, gloomy,
and tragic tone, but then is enlivened in the Scherzo and Adagietto,
and eventually ends with a more positive character in the Finale –
perhaps for the last time in Mahler’s life. The Adagietto is a
revelation, a spiritual oasis. It is not an expression of pain, but
rather Mahler’s declaration of love to Alma – a song without words.“
With the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Chailly gives the piece an unsurpassed
intensity of sound and emotional expression. He achieves a compelling
arc of tension in which the symphony’s unique fascination unfolds. The
Wiener Zeitung characterized Chailly’s interpretation as „impressive
with powerful and unreserved intensity.“
|
