The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the magnificent mezzosoprano Magdalena Kožená with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra hold the audience spellbound in this live recording from Lucerne Festival in Summer Mahlers five RückertLieder in a profoundly moving and rapturously received performance precede Mahlers sublime and deeply personal Fourth Symphony This extraordinary work is executed with power passion and sensitivity with Magdalena Kožená giving a transcendent rendition of the final movement