MAHLER / Leinsdorf - "Symphony 1 Titan" - RCA 'Red Seal' Unplayed!

"Mahler's First Symphony was originally conceived as a tone poem in two parts. Loosely based on Jean Paul's novel Titan, the structure was this: Part I: "From the Days of Youth," Music of Flowers, Fruit and Thorn ó 1. Spring and No End; 2. Flowers; 3. In Full Sail; Part II: "The Human Comedy" ó 4. "Stranded!" Funeral March in the Style of Callot; 5. D'all Inferno al'Paradiso (From Hell to Heaven). These titles were accompanied by more extensive programs describing the metaphorical content of each movement. In Jean Paul's Titan we have a youth gifted with a burning artistic desire that the world has no use for, and who, finding no outlet or ability to adapt, gives way to despair and suicide. Mahler apparently saw himself in this figure, as he described this work as autobiographical in a very loose sense." - AMG.

This is an Unplayed RCA Red Seal Recording. The jacket was opened only to verify the pressing.

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