Bamberger symphoniker | jakub hrůša | joélle harvey by Various, sob. 10 sep. 2022, Od (2022/2022), Dirigent Jakub Hrůša, KKL Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland

When Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberger Symphoniker released their account of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony on CD in 2021, the reviews they earned were panegyrics. “Taut, refreshing, inspired, never bland: Hrůša is among the finest Mahler conductors of the younger generation,” remarked Gramophone magazine, which gave the recording an Editor’s Choice Award, as did BBC Music Magazine. The Czech conductor believes that Mahler, who was born in Iglau, Bohemia, is “genetically very close” to his orchestra and himself – after all, the “Bambergers” were also founded in 1946 by musicians who originally came from Bohemia, Moravia, and the Sudetenland. It goes without saying that the folk-like musical moments of the Fourth are in the best of hands with them. But the spooky scherzo, the ethereal rapture of the slow movement, and the humorous tour through Paradise with which the Symphony concludes will all be realized by these musicians according to the highest artistic standards. The American soprano Joélle Harvey will appear as the vocal soloist, performing not only in the final movement of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony but also presenting five songs composed by Mahler’s wife Alma.