Blu-Ray Video, Mahler (composer)
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Erika Sunnegårdh (soprano), Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Christiane Oelze (soprano), Lioba Braun (alto), Gerhild Romberger (alto), Stephen Gould (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone) & Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
How good to see Riccardo Chailly so radiant at the end of this great event. It's an exhilaration he earns through sheer work as well as injecting the adrenalin at most of the right moments...Chailly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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a refreshingly unmannered Sixth of fierce concentration under Kirill Petrenko. I love its goal-directed quality, not only within Mahler’s autobiographical narrative but a longer story of his... — More…
10 CDs + 4 Blu-rays
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Anna Larsson (contralto)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir Vienna, Tölzer Knabenchor & Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Mahler three of peerless concentration and shape. ...Claudio Abbado never forces the expressivity of the superband Lucerne Festival Orchestra; yet every colour and texture shines through. …the... — More…
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A Concert for New York
In Remembrance and Renewal - The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) & Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano)
New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert has the right sense of momentum and expectation — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Christiane Oelze (soprano) & Sarah Connolly (alto)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor, Berliner Rundfunkchor & GewandhausChor, Riccardo Chailly
[Chailly] has turned wiry Gewandhaus strings into muscular proponents; the first real moment of magic is when he gives the cor anglais space to etch the Alpine idyll at the heart of the first... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Chen Reiss (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel
this is great Mahler in any format — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tolzer Knabenchor, Riccardo Chailly
His approach is characteristically thoughtful...As you would expect from a handpicked band, the orchestral playing is consistently glorious. The contribution of the combined choirs is authoritative... — More…
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Camilla Tilling (soprano), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonie Orchester), Paavo Järvi
In general, Järvi favours broad tempos - perhaps a little too broad in the opening movement of the Second Symphony...But the First Symphony...is wholly successful in its balance of detail and... — More…
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011
Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Anna Prohaska (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto) & Johan Botha (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus State Opera Vienna, Pierre Boulez
