CD:
Mahler 4 - Bamberger Symphoniker, Hrůša

In July 2020, the Bamberg Symphony and Jakub Hrůša recorded a Mahler Fourth that while the orchestra was seated apart is musically closer than ever.

When the Bamberg Symphony and their principal conductor Jakub Hrůša went on tour in Germany with Mahler's Fourth Symphony in January 2020, no one would have thought that this symphony in particular would become a kind of "symphony of fate" of the year, for only two months later, the performance of major symphonic works was impossible for a long time after the "corona lockdown" in Germany, which hit cultural institutions particularly hard.

The Bamberg Symphony were involved at an early stage in investigating the effects of making music together on the spread of the virus and helped to develop concepts for safe concert performances. This enabled their renowned Mahler Competition to take place in early July 2020, with Mahler's Fourth Symphony at its center. Even though it is the smallest Mahler symphony, these were the first symphonic performances after months, which then led to one of the first symphonic CD recordings in times of the pandemic - seated apart, but musically closer than ever.

After Mahler 9 with Herbert Blomstedt and the extraordinary direct-to-disc vinyl edition of Smetana's "Má vlast", this is the third release with the Bamberg Symphony on the Accentus Music label. These three releases are the kick-off to a strengthened partnership over the coming years.

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major

Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hrůša
Anna Lucia Richter, mezzo-soprano

Recorded at Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, July 2020

ACC30532
EAN: 4260234832433