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…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... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2019, Recommended Recording
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Mahler: The Complete Symphonies
RecommendedArleen Augér (soprano - Symphony No. 2), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo -Symphony No. 2), Birgit Remmert (contralto - Symphony No. 3), Amanda Roocroft (soprano - Symphony No. 4), Christine Brewer (soprano), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Juliane Banse (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano), Jane Henschel...
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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Bernstein was never one to underplay the emotion of any piece that he conducted, and that intensity leads to a thrilling performance of the Fifth Symphony with the Vienna Phiharmonic. He wrings... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2016, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
New Philharmonia & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Ludwig recorded Mahler’s great ‘symphony for alto, tenor and orchestra’ several times (including for Bernstein and Karajan), but I always find myself returning to this 1964 Klemperer account... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended
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Mahler: Song Cycles
RecommendedJanet Baker
Hallé Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Barbirolli
The songs of the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ('Songs of a Wayfarer') are quoted from Mahler's First Symphony and the fresh, springtime atmosphere is shared by both works. The orchestration... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2001, Runner-Up
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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. — More…
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Building a Library, September 2000, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2011, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
RecommendedLaura Claycomb (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
pacing is almost always emotionally precise, and sonorities rounded and well-judged — More…
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedArleen Augér, Janet Baker
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, April 2017, First Choice
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…outstandingly imaginative piano playing of Gerold Huber. He counterpoints voice and piano with the subtext within the settings, often with revelatory results. Both Gerhaher and Huber pace... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Building a Library, May 2023, Recommended Recording
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedArleen Augér, Janet Baker
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, April 2017, First Choice
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