New Philharmonia Orchestra – Symphony No. 10 by Gustav Mahler album art
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on May 7th, 2023. Artwork published in
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In 1972, conductor Wyn Morris and the Philharmonia Orchestra (known at the time as New Philharmonia Orchestra) were the first to record Deryck Cooke’s revised performing version of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 10.
Philips Records released a double LP box set in 1973, for which Dutch designer Eric Wondergem created the cover. He used the futuristic Ben Bold as the main typeface. Trendy cover designs for classical music were quite common in the 1970s, see for example Fritz Blankenhorn’s use of Siegfried for another Mahler symphony. The big dimensional x is custom drawn. Egyptienne Bold Condensed Bold Extended or Volta might have served as the basis. Palace Script is used for the sticker.
