SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / MAHLER / GLUCK / REGER / etc
Christa Ludwig: The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics Christa Ludwig (mezzo) with Walter Berry (bass-baritone) Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Geoffrey Parsons, Gerald Moore, Leonard Bernstein (pianos) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2018 ] "I cannot strongly enough recommend this example of perfect Lieder singing, word and tone, and piano accompanying of some of the finest songs ever composed. It is a joy from start to finish." Gramophone on the Schubert Lieder |
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
Mahler: Orchestral Songs Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Kent Nagano (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Aug/2013 ] "Admirers of Gerhaher's lieder singing won't need any encouragement to listen to this disc. They'll marvel once again at the astonishing range of colour and inflection he applies to every phrase" (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Solo Recital) |
MAHLER (ARR. ERWIN STEIN)
Symphony No. 4 Christiane Oelze (soprano) / Thomas-Christian-Ensemble [ MDG / CD - released 19/Mar/2006 ] "The one version that comes closest to capturing the logic of the transcription and the gloriousness of the original symphony. Real understanding, conviction and panache" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
MAHLER
Urlicht Christianne Stotijn (Mezzo) Julius Drake (Piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/Nov/2006 ] This is the second release on ONYX from young Dutch mezzo and rising star, Christianne Stotijn. An outstanding collection of her core repertoire: the greatest Mahler songs. |
MAHLER
Symphony No 2 Christine SchANfer / Michelle DeYoung / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] "Boulez understands the spirituality of this symphony, creating a profoundly moving, life enhancing interpretation. It's a powerful illumination of the deeper aspects of Mahler, opening up new approaches to inspire a new, reflective era in Mahler... |
MAHLER
Symphony No 1 (2 CD set includes extra discussion disc) Christopher Maltman (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Ben Zander (conductor) [ Telarc SACD / 2 SACD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] “Benjamin Zander continues his essential Mahler series for Telarc with this outstanding release. Again, the conductor has put head and heart together to create a recording which practically makes the composer appear before our very eyes, raising him... |
J S BACH / R. STRAUSS / PFITZNER / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / WEILL
My Soul, What Fear You? Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Simon Lepper (piano) [ Kings College Cambridge / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "Christopher Purves sings magnificently, spinning an enviable thread of legato through the narrative of each song. A consummate actor, too, with commanding diction, he invariably finds a distinctive colour and tone." BBC Music July Song Choice 2023 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (performing version (1997) by Remo Mazzetti) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Telarc Records / CD - released 12/Dec/2000 ] Mahler's original score of the 10th Symphony was left incomplete at his death in 1911. The manuscript was left in a safe in Vienna. |
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 |
MAHLER
Symphony No 7 Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Apr/2000 ] Boulez continues an exceptional series of triumphs! |
GUSTAV MAHLER
No Time for Chamber Music Collectif9 [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Collectif9 is a Montreal-based string ensemble whose main focus is an original exploration of the classical repertoire, including transcriptions for chamber ensemble of large-scale works. Alpha is starting a collaboration with this innovative group... |
WAXMAN / MAHLER / BACH / SCHOENBERG / BRUCH / etc
Christopher Nupen's We Want the Light Cologne Opera Chorus & Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir / The Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne / Vladimir Ashkenazy / Daniel Barenboim / Evgeny Kissin [ BBC / Opus Arte / Kultur / 2 DVD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] G :- "There is a lot in these five and a half hours of viewing and listening to take on board, but it is an undertaking well worth the effort." - Music Web DVD of the Month Jan 2005 |
MAHLER / BRUCKNER / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / etc
Bruno Walter: The Complete Columbia Album Collection Columbia Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter, with Rudolf Serkin, Ernst Haefliger, Maureen Forrester, Lily Pons, etc [ Sony Classical / 77 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2019 ] Walter was arguably the most old-world of the many long-lived conductors who were born in the latter part of the 19th century. Indeed, few maestros of any era were so big-hearted and warmly expressive, yet without undo sentimentality. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (LP) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Leonard Bernstein's Mahler 1 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Mastered from original sources and pressed on 180g heavy-weight vinyl. |
Connolly/Henschel/Herreweghe
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Sep/2006 ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde Alice Coote (mezzo), Burkhard Fritz (tenor) / Netherlands Philharmonic, Marc Albrecht [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/May/2013 ] "well worth hearing, especially for Coote's contribution" Guardian |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde Cornelia Kallisch / Siegfried Jerusalem / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg / Michael Gielen [ Hanssler / CD - released 17/Aug/2011 ] "..this is ultimately Gielen's 'performance', and those familiar with his Mahler will encounter the expected combination of formal precision and expressive spontaneity here." (International Record Review July 2011) |
Dallas So/Litton
Mahler: Symphony 10 [ Delos / CD - released 14/Oct/2002 ] |
Dallas So/Litton
Mahler: Symphony No.4 [ Delos / CD ] |