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Slammin’! was the way a friend of mine described this performance of Mahler’s First Symphony, and that about sums it up. At a somewhat deeper
Rudolf Barshai’s Mahler Fifth earned a “10” for artistic quality when it first appeared on Laurel Records (type Q558 in Search Reviews to find that
John Barbirolli’s live 1966 Berlin Philharmonic Mahler Sixth lends new meaning to the work’s “Tragic” subtitle. Here, the legend–the conductor’s reputation as an exceptional Mahler
Zdenek Mácal leads an exceptionally well played yet somewhat lightweight Mahler Fifth. The first two movements proceed in an almost gingerly fashion, with the funeral
In a great performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 the music is so involving that you hardly notice the work’s enormous length (anywhere from 95
Having seen Pierre Boulez’s very uncompelling live performance of this symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic, this broadly similar but in most respects vastly superior version
Vaclav Neumann was a sympathetic and dedicated Mahler conductor, recording several of the symphonies as many as three times with both the Czech Philharmonic and
First let’s get the edition thing out of the way. Here is yet another “new critical edition” that purports to supplant the old critical edition–and
Maurice Abravanel’s Mahler Seventh comes very close to Michael Gielen’s, featuring swift tempos and analytical clarity of textures. His straightforward approach pays big dividends in
This is a very well played, generally well recorded (with one exception) Mahler Sixth. I can well imagine it having earned the rave reviews that
