Mahler
Urlicht – Songs of Death and Resurrection (Harmonia Mundi)
The singing is masterly, the playing of the orchestra excellent and the recording first class [GF]
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]
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]
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]
Mahler: Symphony No 6 (BR Klassik)
Sir Simon Rattle and his new orchestra’s Mahler Sixth in top-flight performance and recording [EJW]
Mahler: Symphonies 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
A specialist issue, but Mahler devotees and admirers of Sir Adrian Boult will find it fascinating [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony 8 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) – A second view: Superbly performed by all concerned and expertly recorded [JQ]
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]
Mahler: Symphony 3 (High Definition Tape Transfers)
A classic performance in a never-before-heard revelatory recording [NB]
Mahler: Symphony No 8 (BIS)
Not a library choice but there’s a lot going for this recording of the Eighth [JQ]
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
Revelatory Boult in Mahler from the archives [LD]
My Soul, What Fear You? (King’s College, Cambridge)
A fascinating Lieder recital [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No 8 (BIS)
Vänskä’s performance of Symphony of a Thousand; a rave review [EJW]
Mahler Pioneers (SOMM)
This release will be of great interest to all Mahler devotees [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) In playing and interpretation it takes its place among the finest [TD]
Na’ama Goldman (mezzo-soprano): Legata (Solo Musica)
A fascinating new voice in a programme tied to her cultural heritage but with universal appeal [GF]
Mahler: Symphony No 8 (BIS)
A stunner of a Mahler Eighth, one of the best since Solti’s classic account [RMo]
Reger: Requiem; Mahler: Orchestral songs (Capriccio)
A movingly immersive experience [MP]
Bella Adamova (contralto) There is home (Supraphon)
A superb recital of art songs, all of which perfectly suit her crystal-clear voice [SA]
Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Philharmonia Records)
Not the most “dangerous” or consistently inspired interpretation but so much of it exhibits elegance, beauty and restraint [RMo]
Mahler: Symphony No 1 (Pentatone)
A recording in which those who have been following the Bychkov cycle can invest with confidence [JQ]
Editing Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony
An interview with Dr Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs by Lee Denham
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