Royal Concertgebouw/Jansons
Mahler: Symphony No 5 [ Rco Live / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] |
Royal Concertgebouw/Jansons
Mahler: Symphony No 6 [ Rco Live / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 8/May/2006 ] |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' Christine Brewer, Camilla Nylund, Maria Espada, Stephanie Blythe, Tommi Hakala & Stefan Kocán / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ Rco Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Jansons keeps the music moving and gives himself something to pull back from in the biggest tuttis...And he has a shining Christine Brewer as his first soprano popping those top Bs and Cs above the stave...up there among the select front-runners." |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice November 2009 - Mahler collectors surely will want to hear this recording right away, but less specialized collectors also should give it serious consideration as a prime choice among available Ninths" (10/10... |
BRIAN ELIAS / CAROLINE SHAW / JOHN TAVENER / ERROLLYN WALLEN / MAURICE RAVEL / GUSTAV MAHLER / etc
End of My Days Ruby Hughes (soprano) / Manchester Collective [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jan/2024 ] "Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes's collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception...A disc to concentrate the mind and enfold the soul." Choral & So |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano) Thomas Harper (tenor) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Halasz, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] "All in all this is an amazing bargain" - 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 |
MAHLER
Symphonies Nos 1, 2 "Resurrection" & 3 Sally Matthews (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Signum Philharmonia Series / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2014 ] "What a ride it's been; a wilful First, a splendid Second and now an incandescent Third. Make no mistake, for all his faults - perceived or otherwise - this octogenarian conductor is a Mahlerian of considerable consequence" (MusicWeb) |
MAHLER / BARTOK / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / LUTOSLAWSKI / JANACEK
Das irdische Leben - (Earthly Life) Salome Haller (soprano) & Nicholas Kruger (piano) [ Zig zag Territories / CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] 'What strikes me, in performing this programme, is of course its intrinsic musical value and its richness; but also its expression of a folk imagination whose themes are far removed from the preoccupations of the loquacious poetasters who inhabited... |
MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 (Recorded at the Rheingau Musik Festival 2013) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HRSinfonie Orchester), Paavo Järvi [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2015 ] Symphonies Nos. 5 + 6 will continue the release of the complete Mahler cycle with Paavo Järvi and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, which since the 80s became a "powerful Mahler orchestra" (Frankfurter Rundschau) |
MAHLER
Keeping Score - Revealing classical music - Mahler: origins and legacy BLU-RAY The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2015 ] "Tilson Thomas presents Mahler as embracing both [Jewish and Christian roots] as part of a universal musical and moral outlook...overall, Tilson Thomas and his associates bring Mahler's music to life in a way that makes even the novice appreciate its... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Keeping Score - Revealing classical music - Mahler: origins and legacy The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] "...overall, Tilson Thomas and his associates bring Mahler's music to life in a way that makes even the novice appreciate its astounding unity within diversity." (BBC Music) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 1 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 4 Laura Claycomb (soprano) / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "one to rank alongside the blistering performance of the Sixth" BBC Music Magazine 5 Star |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 5 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "It always seems to be damning with faint praise when I find myself making the caveat that those who are collecting a particular cycle of Mahler symphonies can buy a current instalment with confidence." (MusicWeb October 2006) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 6 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "This a Mahler Sixth Symphony with contemporary resonance superbly played and recorded. It competes with the best." (MusicWeb May 2002) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "This Mahler 7th would be my current recommendation to anyone. The standard of playing and recording is superb throughout, it has the terrific advantage of being on a single disc" (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 9 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "I've heard many far more impassioned, expressive versions of this symphony, but also quite a few with less going for them. This isn't my preferred approach to the Ninth, but I can see where Tilson Thomas is coming from." (MusicWeb August 2005) |
MAHLER
Des Knaben Wunderhorn [with Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Sarah Connolly, Dietrich Henschel / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Classique / CD/Book - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The two singers have here superb voices, and Philip Herreweghe's accompaniments leave almost nothing to be desired…" (BBC Music) |
MAHLER
Totenfeier / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Sarah Connolly (Mezzo) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski [ Signum / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "rich, ardent singing of Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen." The Times, 29th September 2012 *** |