Klemp Mahler 9 EMI

Otto Klemperer’s Mahler Ninth enjoys something of a cult following, particularly in France, where its grim lack of sentimentality and unflinching willingness to expose the

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Das Lied

Eiji Oue has made some great recordings for Reference (most notably his Strauss disc, containing “Ein Heldenleben” and the “Frau Ohne Schatten” symphonic fantasy), but

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A Boring Wunderhorn

Whatever curse that has made Claudio Abbado and Berlin one of the most interpretively comatose musical partnerships in the world certainly seems to be working

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