
At first glance, it may seem odd to couple Mahler’s most exalted work with one that ranks among his most personal and tragic. Sony could
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
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
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