Dallas So/Litton
Mahler: Symphony No.4 [ Delos / CD ] |
MAHLER
Songs of Youth (incl Lieder und Gesange aus dem Jugendzeit) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/May/2008 ] 'Superb. A heart-warming record' - Penguin Stereo Record Guide |
GLUCK / HANDEL / PURCELL / MOZART / MAHLER / BACH / etc
Dame Janet Baker: A Celebration - Great recordings on Philips, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, & Hyperion Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) with Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra & others [ Decca / 21 CD Box Set - released 8/Dec/2023 ] Dame Janet Baker is an artist who enjoyed seldom-matched success in the concert and recital halls as well as in the opera house - not to mention on disc. She could confidently traverse the entire territory between the well-thumbed volumes of arie... |
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 |
MAHLER
Symphony No 4 Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, with Eva Johansson (soprano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] .'Segerstam has provided a fine Mahler Fourth'-Fanfare Magazine |
David Zinman & The Tonhalle Or
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] |
Desi Halban & Bruno Walter
Mahler: Symphony No 5 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 31/Jan/2005 ] |
MAHLER
Symphony No 5 / Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit (Rec 1947) Desi Halban (soprano) Bruno Walter (piano) / New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra / Bruno Walter, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] "Another fantastic addition to the Naxos Historical Great Conductors series, joining Walter's versions of Mahler 9 and Das Lied von der Erde." (MusicWeb March 2005) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' (recorded at the Philharmonie Berlin 2005) Diana Damrau / Petra Lang / Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin Chorus / Eberhard Friedrich / Staatskapelle Berlin / Pierre Boulez [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2007 ] G :- Recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, 26-27 March 2005 |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Diana Damrau & Petra Lang / Staatskapelle Berlin & Staatsopernchor, Pierre Boulez [ EuroArts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Born in 1925 in Montbrison, France, Pierre Boulez is one of the most distinguished composers and conductors in the world today. |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] |
MAHLER
Kindertotenlieder (with orchestral works by Mozart & Richard Strauss) [recorded live in 1962] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Boehm [ Testament / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2015 ] "Born in Graz in Austria in 1894, Karl Böhm began his professional career at the Munich Opera working alongside Bruno Walter and Richard Strauss. It was here that he acquired his Mozart style: cogent, balanced, and subtly various. Strauss, in... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Kindertotenlier / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (with Schumann - Liederkreis) (Rec 1952-1955) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe / Gerald Moore (piano [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "Naxos are to be congratulated on this welcome series and the welcome opportunity provided to enjoy these performances again. However, the sound, although lightly and sensitively re-mastered, is still clearly that of a historic recording. …This... |
Mahler; Sc
Orchesterlieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Furtwängler, Sawallisch, Mehta, Zender, Wiener Philharmoniker, ORF-Symph. orchester [ ORFEO / CD - released 21/Jul/1993 ] |
Mahler, Gu
Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ ORFEO / CD - released 21/Jul/1993 ] |
Mahler
Sinfonie Nr. 1 [ CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Herbert Kegel (1920-1990) always had a fervent following in East Germany. But in the nearly twenty years since his death, his reputation has grown, especially thanks to the many CD reissues of his recordings. This is an exceptional performance and a... |
MAHLER
Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' / Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor - Adagio Elena Mosuc (soprano) Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo-soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra & chorus / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "This really is a very appealing performance, and even in a crowded field I can easily imagine it giving Mahlerians a good deal of pleasure." (ClassicsToday 9/9) |
RICHARD WAGNER / GUSTAV MAHLER
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder / Mahler: Rückert-Lieder Elina Garanca (Mezzo) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Artists and audiences alike felt a deep sense of loss when the pandemic put a sudden end to live performances last year. The ability to enjoy digital concerts online was some consolation, but as nothing can quite match the magic of direct contact... |
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 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' [LP] Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (mezzo-soprano) / Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / 2 LP - released 28/Apr/2023 ] he German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. |