Browse: Gramophone Awards, Mahler (composer)

It is perhaps no surprise that the various 18th-century works included find DiDonato on especially thrilling form...Yet DiDonato shines, too, in the more contemporary works…This is a highly commendable... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…Fischer's feeling of the Symphony's supple architecture, his ability to caress a phrase or point out a delicious colour without losing the sense of the larger flow, make this one of the most... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Connolly] makes the perfect case for pulling the lustrous stops out at each death-transcending release in the ‘Farewell’; Mahler may mark the dynamics at a lower level, but the emotion is irresistible.... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…Fischer… rarely pushes too hard. The orchestral sound is lean but not undernourished, allowing for even balance between contesting lines - outstanding in the funereal coda of the first movement... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It is masterly, wonderfully paced and finely detailed. The Berlin Philharmonic has never sounded like this since the 1980s. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Rattle steals the prize in the three scherzo: Purgatorio is devilishly fast and sly, Schnelle Viertel explosive, and the lightning switches of mood in the Allegro pesante handled with flair. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2005 More…