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EMI must know that the world is not exactly desperate for yet another Mahler Fifth. The label (not including its Virgin Classics imprint) owns multiple
Bernard Haitink’s tepid and toothless Concertgebouw Mahler Sixth was the wet blanket of his otherwise generally fine complete cycle (a Berlin remake, part of an
This is the same Mahler Fourth that first appeared on Intercord about a decade ago (it dates from 1988), and it’s a very good one.
Certainly not one of the Great Recordings of the Century, Barbirolli’s Mahler 9 offers nothing that isn’t bettered by any number of performances new and
This fresh and exciting performance of Mahler’s First Symphony reveals MTT and his orchestra on largely top form. Unlike the mannered and heavy-handed Sixth from
Seiji Ozawa’s credentials as a Mahlerian have not received the recognition that they deserve (the same holds true of his Bruckner). His complete symphony cycle
Jacob’s Ladder, Schoenberg’s incomplete, quasi-oratorio, dramatizes the Biblical tale in the composer’s most astringent, dyspeptic style. Schoenberg’s solo writing is intense and declamatory (especially that
Schoenberg’s Society for Private Musical Performances, founded in 1918 to offer weekly new-music concerts to a knowledgeable audience, provides the launching point for this disc.
This set is a really good deal, even if Sony’s premature discontinuation of the Bernstein Century series (since revived, but only in France) prevented assembly
Some collectors may know Hermann Scherchen’s 1952 studio recording of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony via its 1996 release in MCA’s short-lived Millennium Classics series. This reissue
