
Giulini’s Los Angeles La Mer has had a spotty history on disc yet it remains his finest account of the score, a bit measured in
Michael Tilson Thomas’ previous Mahler Third for Sony revealed no particular affinity for this music beyond adequate playing. This newcomer improves in the playing department:
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
This high-rating reissue brings accomplished violin playing and excellent sound. Cho-Liang Lin is heard first in the perennial favorite G minor Bruch concerto, with the
As I noted recently in my review of Colin Davis’ less than wonderful Elgar First Symphony on the LSO’s house label, the ambitious attempts by
Michael Tilson Thomas’ Mahler Seventh is among the very finest to have come along in years. Like Leonard Bernstein, he takes little more than 21