专辑简介

This album offers the listener the overwhelming performance of Mahler's 2nd symphony conducted by Leopold Stokowski on July 30th, 1963, at the Royal Albert Hall. Stokowski had at his disposal the most significant philharmonic forces England could provide at the time, the marvelous mezzo-soprano Janet Baker, the high-spirited London Symphony Orchestra, and the best chorus societies available at the UK. The large dimension of the work, the extraordinary ability of the conductor, plus the attendance of thousands of spectators in the enormous space of the Royal Albert give unparalleled greatness to an event of mythical, tragic, and overpowering dimensions. The original monaural recording has been restored with up-to-date sound equipment to 24bit-48kHz HD-Audio quality.