MAHLER
Symphony No. 4 / Songs of a Wayfarer Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Yoel Levi, conductor [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "The Fourth always seemed like suitable territory for this conductor. And so it proves. A mass of detail and colour is unearthed by his fine Atlanta orchestra." - Gramophone |
FRITZ WUNDERLICH
Icon: Fritz Wunderlich: A Poet Among Tenors (works by Mozart, Mahler, Verdi, Puccini, Tchaikovksy, etc) Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "The recordings are clean, balanced and digitally re-mastered. I urge every lover of the tenor to buy this set; it offers nearly seven hours of one of the most beautiful, natural, refined and unforced tenor voices we have ever heard." (MusicWeb Oct... |
DVORAK / JANACEK
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 / Janacek: Glagolithic Mass (recorded live in 1987 and 1990) Gabriela Benacková / Drahomíra Drobková / Jozef Kundlak / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Vaclav Neumann [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Neumann's Dvorak is fresh and energetic. Gabriela Beňačková is radiantly mellifluous in the Janacek and the choir are on cracking form." (BBC Music Magazine) |
MAHLER
Das klagende Lied: Version for Chamber Orchestra from Schönberg's version Gerhil Romberger (contralto) & Stephan Rügamer (tenor) / Detmolder Kammerorchester, Alfredo Perl [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Gerhild Romberger (alto) / Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2017 ] "Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony, lasting one and a half hours or more, is not only his longest work but at the same time an exuberant and sunny ode to nature, mankind, the world and indeed life itself. And for this song of praise the composer... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (recorded in June, 2016) Gerhild Romberger (contralto) / Augsburger Domsingknaben, Frauenchor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink [ BR Klassik / 2 CD - released 25/May/2017 ] "a perfect beauty of a performance, natural sound matching natural evoution and every solo perfectly intoned" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2018 WINNER - Orchestral BBC Music Magazine Awards 2018 RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
MAHLER
Symphony No.2 Resurrection / Kindertotenlieder (rec 1915-1931) Gertrud Bindernagel (soprano) / Emmi Leisner (contralto) / Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Oskar Fried / Heinrich Rehkemper (baritone) / Jascha Horenst [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] "Mahlerians, and fans of any of these artists will all find something to enjoy here." - www.classicstoday.com |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] 'This Leipzig Ninth is Chailly off the leash, liberating the music in a way that is impassioned, positive, fitfully fractured and often ethereal.' (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral) |
BARTOK / FAURE / RESPIGHI / MAHLER / PROKOFIEV / etc
Ozawa & The Boston Symphony Orchestra Gidon Kremer (violin) Simon Preston (organ) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Deutsche Grammophon Conductors & Orchestras / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2018 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950 on the Bartok) "Both concertos receive performances of strong personality and an impressive eloquence-and, it goes without saying, altogether impeccable technique… Recommended.'"... |
Greevy/Ireland Nso/Various
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
W. A. MOZART / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Grigory Sokolov: Mozart & Rachmaninov Concertos Grigory Sokolov (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic [ Deutsche Grammophon CD plus DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 22/Jun/2017 ] "Sokolov is now on a don't-touch-me pinnacle...the two concertos here present the zenith of his art." BBC Music Five Stars Concerto Choice - June 2017 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 17/Nov/2017 ] Immortalized in Luchino Visconti's masterpiece "Death in Venice", Mahler's Symphony No. 5 (with its unforgettable Adagietto) today needs no introduction. Except to point out that the composer himself led its premiere some 113 years ago, conducting... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.3 Sara Mingardo (contralto) / Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] "Roth and the Cologne orchestra have a knack of making the most familiar Mahler sound new, with vivid extremes of colour and dynamics. Hearing the prodigious Third makes me marvel afresh at it" Sunday Times |
Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne/St
Mahler: Symphonie No 8 [ Oehms Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne/St
Mahler: Symphonie No.5 [ Oehms Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Gurzenich Orchestra/Stenz
Mahler: Symphony No 7 [ Oehms Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] |
Gurzenich-Orchester Koln/Stenz
Mahler: Symphony No 1 [ Oehms Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Gurzenich-Orchester Koln/Stenz
Mahler: Symphony No 3 [ Oehms Classics / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
György Lig
Atmosphères, Symphonie No. 10 e-Moll op. 93 Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester David Afkham [ ORFEO / CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] |