CD:
Liebestod | Wagner, Mahler, Strauss

The new concept album of the Bamberg Symphony and their chief conductor Jakub Hrůša will be released on 31 March 2023.

The music of Wagner, Mahler and Strauss is very close to the heart of the Bamberg Symphony and even seems to have ingrained itself in their DNA, to which the award-winning recordings of Mahler 4 with Jakub Hrůša and Mahler 9 with Herbert Blomstedt impressively attest. With this concept album, they reflect on the topic of death, which Jakub Hrůša does not interpret solely as a moment full of despair and tragedy. Rather, he sees in death an element "that gives our lives meaning." And it is this idea that the orchestra and its principal conductor convey with their interpretation of four key works by Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The result creates a form of dialog between the composers, who build on each other historically and stylistically. A dialog that, says Hrůša, "charms our ears and touches our hearts."

Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod from 'Tristan und Isolde'

Gustav Mahler
Totenfeier
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

Richard Strauss
Tod und Verklärung

Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hrůša

Recorded at Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal
July & September 2022

A production of Accentus Music in co-production with BR-KLASSIK.

ACC30599
EAN: 4260234832983
Worldwide release: 31 March 2023