Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.7 (2014) Blu-ray 1080i AVC DTS-HD 5.1

Technical Specs

Blu-ray

BD-25 Single-Layer Disc



Video Resolution/Codec

1080i/AVC MPEG-4



Aspect Ratio(s)

1.78:1



Audio Formats

DTS-HD MA 5.1 (48 kHz / 3919 kbps / 24-bit)

LPCM 2.0 (48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit)



Subtitles/Captions

None



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None



“It is my best work, with a primarily cheerful character”. This was Gustav Mahler’s assessment of his Symphony No. 7, which was also highly regarded by Arnold Schoenberg, who said, “I had an impression of absolute peace based on artistic harmony. Something able to set me in motion without recklessly unsettling my center of gravity.” Riccardo Chailly, in his internationally acclaimed interpretations of Mahler’s symphonies – which he and the Gewandhaus Orchestra are bringing together in a complete cycle – focuses on the musical qualities of the works, eschewing false pathos and sentimentality while giving up none of the music’s dramatic intensity. “Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, in which the composer pulled out all expressive stops and revealed himself to be an innovative modernist, has seldom been as persuasive and direct as in Chailly’s interpretation”, said the Frankfurter Neue Presse.



Recorded live at Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, 27–28 February and 2 March 2014.