Mahler

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Mahler: Symphony No 5 (Deutsche Grammophon)

(Déjà Review) Much to admire here [TD]

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Mahler: Symphony No 6 (Berlin Classics)

(Déjà Review) One of the very best recordings of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony available [TD]

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Mahler: Symphony No 2 (Colorado MahlerFest)

This Mahler performance is well worth the attention of all devotees; the exciting coupling adds considerable value [JQ]

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Mahler: Symphony No 9 (Alpha Classics)

Full of surprises, this is a disc that will change the way you hear Mahler 9 [ST]

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Mahler: Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’ (BIS)

A beautifully recorded and performed ‘Resurrection’ Symphony, with a limitation in the chorus [EJW]

Mahler: Symphony No.3 (BIS)

If you have been collecting Vänskä’s cycle, you will want this fine account of the Third [JQ]

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Mahler: Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn (MDG)

In a crowded market this newcomer holds its own against the competition [GF]

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Mahler: Symphony No 1 (BIS)

A superb if sometimes controversial performance of Mahler’s First Symphony, a showcase for Minnesota Orchestra [EJW]

Leopold Stokowski (conductor) BBC Legends Recordings 1963-74 (ICA Classics)

A collection of Stokowski’s live performances from the end of his career is inevitably something of a mixed bag [PCG]

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Beethoven: The Mahler Re-Orchestrations (Capriccio)

Beethoven’s genius emerges triumphantly – which is exactly as Mahler intended [NB]

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Mahler: Symphony 3 (Sony Classical)

In many ways this is an admirable Mahler Third [JQ]

Mahler: Symphony No.3 (BIS)

An excellent account, superb sound, but an emotionally cool finale [RMo]

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) One of the finest accounts of Das Lied von der Erde ever committed to disc [JQ]

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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Avie)

More than a curio, this Fourth has an appeal and an impact all of its own [CC]

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Urlicht – Songs of Death and Resurrection (Harmonia Mundi)

The singing is masterly, the playing of the orchestra excellent and the recording first class [GF]

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Mahler: Symphony No 10 (Delos)

(Déjà Review) We will never know what Mahler 10 would have  been like, but I’m sure it would not have sounded like this [TD]

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Mahler: Symphony No 3 (High Definition Tape Transfers)

An excellent, parallel recording of one of the finest Mahler performances ever committed to disc [JQ]

Mahler: Symphonies Nos 2, 4, 7, 9, Das Lied von der Erde (Warner Classics)

An unmissable bargain [JQ]

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Mahler: Symphony No 3 (BR Klassik)

Flawlessly played, beautifully gauged and balanced and in spectacular sound, this is a lovely souvenir of the late Jansons’ prowess as a Mahler conductor [RMo]

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Mahler: Symphony No 6 (BR Klassik)

Sir Simon Rattle and his new orchestra’s Mahler Sixth in top-flight performance and recording [EJW]

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Mahler: Symphonies 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)

A specialist issue, but Mahler devotees and admirers of Sir Adrian Boult will find it fascinating [JQ]

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Mahler: Symphony 8 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) – A second view: Superbly performed by all concerned and expertly recorded [JQ]

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Mahler: Symphony 8 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Lean and direct, intent on clarity and sense of direction, but an apparent lack of some grandeur and sense of occasion [TD]

Ruby Hughes (soprano): End of My Days (BIS)

An outstanding recital; elegantly conceived, ideally recorded and beautifully performed [RHa]