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Title:  Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major 
Artist:  Budapest Festival Orchestra | Ivan Fischer | Miah Persson 
Genre:  Classical / Orchestral 
Label:  Channel Classics Records 
Release Date:  2009 

 "There is a unique purity and transparency in Mahler's 4th Symphony. The enchanting slay bells take us to his inner child, to his dreams of angels, fairy tales, angst and pure, divine love. This child-like symphony needed a different orchestra: no dark tuba, no heavy trombones, no large arsenal of massive brass. A chamber orchestra in fact, where the clarinets act as mock trumpets, the solo violin tunes his strings sharper in order to scare us and the lightness of the whole orchestra lifts us up to his lovely, childish vision of paradise." --conductor Ivan Fischer