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“Mahler’s massive Symphony No. 6 is played by Haitink and the CSO with a transparency, even a delicacy, that seems to stop time.”
—Chicago Sun-Times

“Big and assertive... Seldom has the voice of fate sounded so terrifying.”
—Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Mahler’s deeply tragic Sixth Symphony, under the direction of CSO Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink, is now available to the world on the CSO Resound label. According to the Chicago Tribune, Haitink’s Mahler 6 “felt so right—[with its] accumulation of massive physical power, the feverish buildup of heroic optimism and its crushing defeat with each fatalistic blow, [and] the magnificent intensity of the CSO’s playing.” The Chicago Sun-Times noted, “When have the two trios of the blazing Scherzo movement sounded so gentle, like lullabies? When has the Andante felt so personal?”

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor

1. Allegro energico, ma non troppo: Heftig, aber markig (25:56)
2. Scherzo: Wuchtig (14:24)  
3. Andante moderato (16:12)
4. Finale: Allegro moderato...Allegro energico (34:07)

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This CSO Resound release is underwritten by a generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smykal.

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