He was welcome in any concert hall in the world, but Maurice Abravanel (1903-93) spent 30 years in Salt Lake City, and the Utah Symphony accordingly became a world-class ensemble. Like the other albums we offer from Silverline Classics, each of these two-sided discs contains a superb performance in CD stereo on one side. Flip the disc over, and the other side presents the album in remastered sound for your DVD player, with additional video featurettes on the conductor and the music. (blurb) Scored for a huge orchestra, chorus, and soloists, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection") truly raised the bar for composers everywhere. On home turf in Salt Lake City, Maurice Abravanel and company offer a polished and emotional rendition of this sprawling masterpiece.