I haven't channeled my avatar in quite a while. Fixing that now with this amazing performance. Crank it to 11, but don't say I didn't warn you if you're in a puddle at the end. Yes, it is worth an hour and a half of your time.

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No 3
Anna Larsson, contralto
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Tolzer Knabenchor
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor

https://youtu.be/Xplx64LVENg

#cosomusic​
#cosoclassical​

@voltronic

Wow, this takes me back. My brother had a box set of Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing Mahler's symphonies that he listened to obsessively. (I gather Solti isn't considered Mahler's best interpreter, but I was impressed.)

He used to have me play the Hunter's Funeral theme from Symphony 1 on the melodia, of all things, so he could play his violin in round with me.