Review: Petrenko's Mahler II at Liverpool Philharmonic ****1/2
It was voted one of the greatest symphonies of all time in a poll of more than 150 conductors. And you can see why Mahler’s mighty Resurrection, composed over a period of six years and running to a substantial 80 minutes, has won the hearts and souls of baton wielders everywhere. All human life – and death – is contained within its five movements which take their listener on a rollercoaster journey into the afterlife, a rollercoaster that becomes a musical juggernaut as it re