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Minnesota Orchestra, Resurrection Mahler 2

February 20, 2019 IM

Mahler’s Second Symphony, Resurrection is the third release in Minnesota Orchestra’s Mahler recording series, which will eventually record all of Mahler’s symphonies. Aside from Music Director Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra, members of Local 30-73 (St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN), the recording features soprano Ruby Hughes, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, and the Minnesota Chorale.

The orchestra’s recording of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony received a 2018 Grammy nomination and its Sixth Symphony recording was released to critical acclaim in March 2018. Since the June 2017 recording of the Second Symphony in Orchestra Hall, the First, Fourth, and Seventh Symphonies have been recorded for future release. The Tenth Symphony will be recorded June 2019.