GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurre Hanna Lisowska, Jadwiga Rappé, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "The bottom line: this is one of the finest modern recordings of Mahler 2" Classical Express |
Polish Nrso/Halasz
Mahler:symphony No.1 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Polish Nrso/Halasz
Mahler:symphony No.7 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Polish Nrso/Olsen
Mahler: Symphony No.10 [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Apr/2002 ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Complete Symphonies Lynda Russell (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Warsaw Boys' Choir, Antoni Wit, Michael H [ Naxos / 15 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2017 ] "The excellent quality of the Katowice Orchestra of Polish Radio is impressively demonstrated...it stands comparison with any rival" Penguin Guide on No 6 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.9 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / 2 CD ] "Once you hear the first few minutes of the opening movement, that rich gutty East European string tone, the burnished brass, the tangy woodwinds, you know that this is a fine Mahler orchestra" American Record Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' Polish Radio Choir, Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "Exceptional value … serious Mahlerians really should hear it" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2006) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Polish Radio Choir, Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound", was how Mahler himself described the impact of the closing pages of the Symphony. |
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Symphony No. 9 in D major Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "It is fascinating to set aside sensationalism in favour of re-evaluation and to hear this remarkable piece stripped, as it were, of its veneer and laid bare before us in all its unsettling majesty and humility" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine,... |
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Symphony No 10 (ed Cooke) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 2/Jul/2000 ] "In terms of recorded sound this is the best Mahler/Cooke Tenth currently available. As an interpretation it is imbued with polish, nobility and integrity." - MusicWeb Sept 2000 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto Op. 102 / Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon (cello) Paul Meyer (clarinet) / Gustav mahler Jugendorchester / Myung-Whun Chung [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2007 ] "Young Capuçons meet late Brahms and the brothers have a real winner here." - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Feb 2008 |
MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto No.2 / Violin Concerto Renaud Capucon (violin) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Daniel Harding, conductor [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Oct/2004 ] A new disc from the brilliant young French violinist Renaud Capuçon brings together two strongly contrasted works: Mendelssohn's luminous E minor concerto, one of the best-loved works in the repertoire, and Schumann's more introverted and... |
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Symphonies Nos 2 "Resurrection" & 4 Renee Fleming (soprano) / Berlin Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ Double Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor Residentie Orchestra the Hague, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "[it is] as if Järvi wants to stress beyond all doubt that the symphony represents a new direction for Mahler: more experimental, more abstracted...[He] plainly revels in the spookhouse effects of the nocturnal inner movements" (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' [Revised Edition by Renate Stark-Voit and Gilbert Kaplan] Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) / Netherlands Radio Choir & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "The Royal Concertgebouw proves once again what a consummate body it can be when thoroughly engaged. Orchestral playing is immaculately voiced, the soundscape superbly balanced, the work's shape presented in one sweeping arc and steered like a... |
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Symphony No. 4 in G Rosemary Joshua (soprano) / Orchestre des Champs Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "There are arresting moments, and the playing has a delicate beauty and textual clarity that repeatedly draw one's attention to Mahler's technical finesse - and the slightly soft-focus recording doesn't get in the way." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam / Bernard Haitink [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2009 ] Remastered Quadro Recording (RQR) |
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Symphony No.5 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] In all its forms and facets, Gustav Mahler’s musical oeuvre is primarily symphonic. As a modern composer, he developed a gigantic orchestra to support the construction of his symphonic world, included trite stylistic devices and broke with hitherto... |
Royal Concertgebouw/Haitink
Mahler: Symphony No 4 [ Rco Live / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Aug/2007 ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 1 (recorded in 2006) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ Rco Live / Hybrid SACD - released 7/May/2007 ] "this live recording of Mahler's First Symphony is probably the best you will ever hear…As to the tempi and dynamic changes, they are simply gorgeous. An inspired performance." Independent on Sunday |