RICHARD WAGNER / ALBAN BERG / GUSTAV MAHLER
Anja Harteros - Wagner Berg Mahler Anja Harteros (soprano), Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev [ Münchner Philharmoniker / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Critics and audiences alike have nothing but rapturous praise for the voice of Anja Harteros. Some experts even regard her as the greatest female singer of the present day. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 'symphony of a Thousand' Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and chorus, Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2004 ] "Finally a record company had the decency to issue a new version of this on a single disc!-and recorded in splendid sound, with a fine orchestra and fresh-sounding young voices, both solo and choral!" -American Record Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] 'The Chicago players give Solti everything he asks for in sonority, power, and rhythmic attack...as an interpreter of this symphony Solti has lost little of his old flair and insight.' Gramophone October 1984 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Kindertotenlieder / 5 Lieder Christa Ludwig (mezzo) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Andre Vandernoot, Sir Adrian Boult (conds) [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "This disc is a classic, make no mistake." ArkivMusic.com |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' Christine Brewer, Soile Isokoski, Juliane Banse, Birgit Remmert, Jon Villars, etc / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 25/Jul/2017 ] "A Mahler 8 that seems dutifully fervent against a euphoric Rattle and his forces" - Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine April 2005 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell [ Warner Original Jacket recordings / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] "Fischer-Dieskau's scarifying projection of the two military horror stories to the exquisite control they jointly bring to Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen... one of the most sensitive and touching accounts of a Mahler song I have ever heard" Gramopho |
MAHLER
Symphony No.5 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Zubim Mehta [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 6/Sep/2003 ] Eloquence - the budget label from Decca |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Song Cycles: Rackert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] Marilyn Horne's plum-tinged mezzo and the music of Mahler are inseparable. So far, only the Fahrenden Gesellen songs and the Kindertotenlieder have made their way to CD (now deleted), so it is appropriate to collect on a single CD, the three... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 5 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "Barbirolli's famous 1969 version on any count is one of the greatest, most warmly affecting performances ever committed to disc, expansive, yet concentrated in feeling: the Adagietto is very moving … A classic version." Rosette (highest rating)... |
WAGNER / BRAHMS / MAHLER / BEETHOVEN
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder / Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Mahler: Lieder / etc Christa Ludwig (mezzo) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Original Jacket Recordings / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] 'Christa Ludwig's glorious voice is heard here in a magnificent reading of the Alto Rhapsody, attractive and illuminating accounts of the Wesendonck-Lieder and a group of Mahler songs in which the beautifully restrained and poetical alternates with... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hilde Rossl-Majdan / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Studio / CD - released 21/Aug/1989 ] 1001 Classical recording you must hear before you die (1851-1900) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 1 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Nov/1987 ] "The spacious parts of the first movement and finale are given plenty of time to unfold unhurriedly, and the brashly triumphant ending is put across in real style, with the trumpets and horns hitting every note like a bull's-eye at a rifle range." |
MAHLER
Das Lied Von Der Erde Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Francisco Araiza (tenor) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza may not be everyone's immediate choice for this piece, but I like the way he brings out the lyricism in Mahler's writing. He is joined by Brigitte Fassbaender, who gives us a moving account of the final movement, ably |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde James King / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein [ Decca legends / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Mahler with James and Dietrich |
MAHLER
Symphony No.9 in D minor (rec 1938) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Bruno Walter (conductor) [ Dutton Historic Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] "Now at super bargain price, there is no excuse for not owing this famous recording with so much resonance, musical and historical" (MusicWeb Aug 2001) |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 / Herminie - Scène lyrique (cantata) Aurelia Legay (soprano) / Les Musiciens du Louvre & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Marc Minkowski [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique of 1830 was his direct response to hearing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the first time. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), James King (tenor) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra /Bernard Haitink [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "This is the only Das Lied you'll ever need, and the recorded sound is of demonstration quality" - 10/10 ClassicsToday.com |
David Zinman & The Tonhalle Or
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "All in all, a superb issue of the symphony." Gramophone |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 1 in D Titan Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] Highly rated demonstration recordings now at mid price |