“Mahler truly opened up a new universe with the Fifth, in which he initiated an incredibly personal style of music-making.” says Paavo Järvi. “It is the very nature of its opening — a military funeral — and of its tragedy, in conjunction with the very idea of beginning a symphony in this way, which signals that something completely different is in store for us”.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi- Music Director
Ivo Gass- Horn Solo

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The work also has an unusual history. Composed shortly after the Nazi takeover of Germany, it was at first rejected because of its Latin texts and the erotic character of some of its songs. Yet Orff and his work subsequently became highly prized by the Reich.

The composer (who was secretly ‘a quarter Jewish’) did not support the regime, but made the best of his success… Orff was 42 by the time he experienced this breakthrough with his Carmina, which he designated as his Op. 1, disowning all his previous compositions. Departing from the Romantic style, he now wanted to create music linked to rhythm, simple repeated melodies, and non-complex forms. This work’s popular success confirmed that decision.

Alina Wunderlin, Soprano
(Tracks 15, 17, 21-23)

Max Emanuel Cencic, Countertenor
(Track 12)

Russell Braun, Baritone
(Tracks 4, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19, 22)

Zurcher Sing Akademie
(Tracks 1-3, 5, 7-10, 12-14, 18-20, 22, 24, 25)
Chorus Master: Florian Helgath

Zurcher Sangerknaben
(Tracks 15, 22)
Chorus Master: Konrad von Aarburg

Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Music Director: Paavo Järvi

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The orchestra’s history has been closely linked to Bruckner since it gave the first Swiss performance of one of his symphonies under Richard Strauss in 1903. “The great classical and romantic tradition of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich make it ideally suited to Bruckner, the central composer for modern symphony orchestras,” says Paavo Jarvi. Bruckner composed this musical farewell (he wrote the words “a farewell to life” in the score) in his final years; legend has it that he was still working on the symphony on the day he died.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich
Paavo Jarvi, Conductor

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Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi, Conductor

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“I don’t think Mendelssohn gets the attention he deserves,” said Paavo Järvi at the start of the 2020-2021 season. Faced with this observation, he undertook to record a complete cycle of Mendelssohn’s orchestral works with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra for his second season as Music Director.

On the program are the composer’s five symphonies, including the second, known as ‘Lobgesang’, half-symphony, half-cantata, with the participation of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie, tenor Patrick Grahl and sopranos Chen Reiss and Marie Henriette Reinhold.

Finally, A Midsummer Night’s Dream , based on Shakespeare’s play, the overture to which Mendelssohn composed when he was just 17, concludes this very fine cycle.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi, Conductor

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“I don’t think Mendelssohn gets the attention he deserves,” said Paavo Järvi at the start of the 2020-2021 season. Faced with this observation, he undertook to record a complete cycle of Mendelssohn’s orchestral works with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra for his second season as Music Director.

On the program are the composer’s five symphonies, including the second, known as ‘Lobgesang’, half-symphony, half-cantata, with the participation of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie, tenor Patrick Grahl and sopranos Chen Reiss and Marie Henriette Reinhold.

Finally, A Midsummer Night’s Dream , based on Shakespeare’s play, the overture to which Mendelssohn composed when he was just 17, concludes this very fine cycle.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi, Conductor

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“I don’t think Mendelssohn gets the attention he deserves,” said Paavo Järvi at the start of the 2020-2021 season. Faced with this observation, he undertook to record a complete cycle of Mendelssohn’s orchestral works with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra for his second season as Music Director.

On the program are the composer’s five symphonies, including the second, known as ‘Lobgesang’, half-symphony, half-cantata, with the participation of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie, tenor Patrick Grahl and sopranos Chen Reiss and Marie Henriette Reinhold.

Finally, A Midsummer Night’s Dream , based on Shakespeare’s play, the overture to which Mendelssohn composed when he was just 17, concludes this very fine cycle.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi, Conductor

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“I don’t think Mendelssohn gets the attention he deserves,” said Paavo Järvi at the start of the 2020-2021 season. Faced with this observation, he undertook to record a complete cycle of Mendelssohn’s orchestral works with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra for his second season as Music Director.

On the program are the composer’s five symphonies, including the second, known as ‘Lobgesang’, half-symphony, half-cantata, with the participation of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie, tenor Patrick Grahl and sopranos Chen Reiss and Marie Henriette Reinhold.

Finally, A Midsummer Night’s Dream , based on Shakespeare’s play, the overture to which Mendelssohn composed when he was just 17, concludes this very fine cycle.

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi, Conductor

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