Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Chamber Orchestra) Raquel Lojendio, Camerata Gala, Alejandro Muñoz

• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Chamber Orchestra):
• 1 Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Chamber Orchestra): I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen 15:50
• 2 Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Chamber Orchestra): II. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast 09:30
• 3 Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Chamber Orchestra): III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio 19:18
• 4 Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Chamber Orchestra): IV. Sehr behaglich 09:03
• Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Excerpts Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Voice & Chamber Orchestra):
• 5 Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Excerpts Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Voice & Chamber Orchestra): No. 7, Rheinlegendchen 03:27
• 6 Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Excerpts Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Voice & Chamber Orchestra): No. 5, Das irdische Leben 03:06
• 7 Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Excerpts Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Voice & Chamber Orchestra): No. 4, Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? 02:06
• Total Runtime 01:02:20

Info for Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Arr. C. Domínguez-Nieto for Chamber Orchestra)

Mahler’s 4th Symphony and the lieder of Des knaben Wunderhorn are symphonic scores with a hue similar to that which can be found in chamber music. This is due to the fact that Mahler’s orchestration is not too dense. Domínguez-Nieto’s conception of the work, recorded here for the first time, exploits, with utmost respect for the composer’s original orchestration, its chamber music overtones to its maximum. Gustav Mahler’s 4th Symphony, as well as the song cycle Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy’s Magic Horn), is based on Arnim and Brentano’s collection of children’s stories of the same name. The fantasy that emanates from this piece of literature finds in Mahler a natural catalyst, who manages, with each musical impulse, articulation, nuance, glissando, harmonic or any other of the myriad of details that inhabit his scores, to transport us to the dreamy and magical world of children’s stories, thus developing a fragile balance between utter fiction and overwhelming reality. With his 4th Symphony, Mahler brings to an end his so-called Wunderhorn period, marked by the reverie and imagination which can be found in such tales.

Raquel Lojendio, soprano
Camerata Gala – Fundación Antonio Gala
Alejandro Muñoz, conductor

Raquel Lojendio
She has performed with all the major Spanish orchestras, and internationally with the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Turin, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica “Giuseppe Verdi”, Trieste and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse amongst many others.

She studied at the Conservatorio Superior in her native city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, then at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica del Liceo in Barcelona with Carmen Bustamente. She has taken part in masterclasses with María Orán and Krisztina Laki.

Raquel Lojendio’s operatic highlights include roles such as Pamina (The Magic Flute), Violetta (La Traviata), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Morgana (Alicina), Susanna (Il Segreto di Susanna by Wolf Ferrari), Marguerite (Faust), in theatres such as the Teatro Verdi in Trieste , Teatro Real Madrid, and the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville.

Her concert repertoire includes Mahler’s Symphonies Nº 2, 4 and 8, Falla’s El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Menotti’s Muero porque no muero, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Christ on the Mount of Olives, Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras, Haydn’s The Creation, Stravinsky’s Les Noces and Frank Martin’s Maria-Triptychon, in venues such as the Berliner Philharmonie, the Tanglewood Festival, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, the Georg Enescu Festival, Bergen’s Grieghallen, the Teatro Municipal in Cali, Halle aux Grains in Toulouse and Bogotá’s Teatro Colón amongst others.

She has recorded for major record labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Naxos, Licanus, RTVE Música and Chandos.

Raquel Lojendio’s other passion is ballet, for which she has gained qualifications from the Royal Academy of Dance in London.

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