Wonderful recording by Phil. Orch.
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By JOHN WILLIAMS CLARINET CONCERTO
Gorgeous playing by Phila.!
Eschenbach has been quoted as saying "Mahler wants to tell us to be aware, to receive, and even to enjoy every instant of life. Because his life was so short, he certainly did it, and he expressed it in music. And he wants us to discover that alertness to every instant of life: whether it’s people, whether it’s nature, whether it’s transcendent things, whether it’s metaphysics, and also whether it’s simply the physical and metaphysical in oneself".
This recording is spectacular from the start to end. Amazing winds, brass as well as the strings which have always been legendary.
