P. Järvi continues the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich cycle with the First Symphony

[erikwilson7]

Presto has the listing for the second installment in Paavo Järvi's Mahler cycle with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich on the Alpha label. Its release date is slated for October 31, 2025.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9810960--mahler-symphony-no-1

I really liked the Fifth from last year (or was it this year?), so I'm looking forward to this. The product description on Presto reinforces that this is going to be a complete cycle.

"Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present the second volume of their complete Mahler Symphonies, with his First Symphony, known as the 'Titan' in reference to the eponymous novel by the poet Jean-Paul that Mahler greatly admired. Although he abandoned this title three years after the symphony's premiere in 1893, the symphony has, like many of Mahler’s works, 'a clearly programmatic character' according to Paavo Järvi: 'Mahler was a composer who was truly able to explore the inner world of human beings and to question what goes on inside us.'"

[barryguerrero]

I'll wait until they get to the M2 or M3 before I purchase a hard copy. The sound quality is really good here - much better than on the M5.

[erikwilson7]

Oh neat, they have the tracks up for preview now.

Holy smokes... 16 tracks for a recording of Mahler 1? They're really capitalizing on those per-track streaming royalties, huh?

[barryguerrero]

So let's hope Alpha's Mahler cycle in Zurich with Paavo Jarvi doesn't stall out along the way. Based on what went really well in his video cycle from Frankfurt, I'm looking forward to an eventual M3, M4, M6 and M7. Let's hope he feels a bit more affinity for M8 this time. As for M2, I'm really happy with the Frankfurt recording he made for Virgin Classics (Warner).