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Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal - Mahler: Symphony Nos. 9 & 10 Adagio (1987)

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Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal - Mahler: Symphony Nos. 9 & 10 Adagio (1987)

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal - Mahler: Symphony Nos. 9 & 10 Adagio (1987)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 103:55 | 551 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Denon | Catalog: 5715662

Inbal and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra are nearing completion of their Mahler cycle, which on the whole is highly distinguished. This two-disc set gives us the climactic Ninth Symphony, arguably the greatest work of its kind composed in this century, and the opening Adagio of the Tenth in the Erwin Ratz 1964 edition. Presumably Inbal rejects the Deryck Cooke performing version, which is an immense pity because judging from his incandescent interpretation of this first movement, he would have something special to tell us about it.

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (1987)

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Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (1987)

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (1987)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 79:29 | 445 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Denon | Catalog: 60CO-1553

As a diehard Mahlerite, I have to say I thought I knew the Seventh fairly well, but Inbal manages to make this familiar (to me) work seem utterly new and strange while holding it firmly together (which too often isn't the case in performances of this problem-child of the Mahler family). And he does this without seeming to impose his personality on the music. This is the only Seventh on disc I know of that can match the Bernstein versions (Sony and DG). And it's better-recorded than either of them. Hey Denon–when are you going to reissue all of Inbal's Mahler recordings in a boxed set, as DG did for Bernstein? This is a missed opportunity.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi - Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Blumine (1995)

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi - Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Blumine (1995)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi - Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Blumine (1995)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:54 | 238 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog: CHAN 9308

Each instalment in Neeme Järvi’s Mahler cycle for Chandos has something new to say, but it’s hard to tell whether the insights of this First Symphony outweigh the exaggerations. Is there a valid point being made, for instance, about the first movement – mired in its ‘long sleep of winter’ for much longer than usual? Admittedly the awakening, when it finally comes after an emphatic developmental crisis, is massively impressive. The Scherzo’s central dream sequence drifts woozily, exaggerated even by Bernstein standards; the huntsman’s funeral is intriguingly brisk; and the finale lurches between magic and mannerism, capped by an almost ludicrous victory charge.

Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (2018)

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Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (2018)

Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 292 Mb | Total time: 84:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | BIS-SACD-2296 | Recorded: 2017

Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony started life as a single-movement tone poem called Todtenfeier ('Funeral Rites'). Completed in 1888 one year before Richard Strauss' Death and Transfiguration it echoed the composer's vision of seeing himself lying dead in a funeral bier surrounded by flowers. Deciding to use it as his opening movement, Mahler didn't finish the complete five-movement symphony until more than six years later, the longest time he spent on any work.

Hartmut Haenchen, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Synphony No. 5 (2002)

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Hartmut Haenchen, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Synphony No. 5 (2002)

Hartmut Haenchen, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Synphony No. 5 (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 242 Mb | Total time: 68:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186 004 | Recorded: 2001

Experience the powerful and emotive sounds of Mahler's Symphony No. 5, performed by the renowned Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of maestro Hartmut Haenchen. This captivating CD features a selection of tracks that showcase the orchestra's exceptional musicianship and Haenchen's masterful interpretation of Mahler's iconic work. From the hauntingly beautiful Adagietto to the triumphant finale, this album is a must-have for classical music enthusiasts seeking a truly exceptional listening experience.

Freigeist Ensemble - Meistersaal Sessions, Vol.1: Mahler, R.Strauss, Schoenberg (2024)

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Freigeist Ensemble - Meistersaal Sessions, Vol.1: Mahler, R.Strauss, Schoenberg (2024)

Freigeist Ensemble - Meistersaal Sessions, Vol.1: Mahler, R.Strauss, Schoenberg (2024)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 294 Mb | Total time: 61:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EuroArts | # 2013517 | Recorded: 2021

The Meistersaal Sessions are a 6-part series of chamber music theme concerts with the Freigeist Ensemble at the legendary Meistersaal Berlin, conducted by Joolz Gale. The series starts with arrangements of Schönberg, Strauss and Mahler. In collaboration with British photographer Gavin Evans, these club-concert sessions come live from the legendary Meistersaal Berlin, known historically as the “big hall by the Berlin Wall”. Its art-deco building is the current home of Emil Berliner Studios (audio partner for this project) and steeped in many decades of musical history.

Christa Ludwig, Otto Klemperer - Brahms, Wagner, Mahler & Beethoven (2018)

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Christa Ludwig, Otto Klemperer - Brahms, Wagner, Mahler & Beethoven (2018)

Christa Ludwig, Otto Klemperer - Brahms, Wagner, Mahler & Beethoven (2018)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 367 MB | 01:13:58
Genre: Classical | Label: Warner Classics

By the time he made these celebrated recordings with the Philharmonia Orchestra in the early 1960s, Otto Klemperer was a grand old man of conducting. Christa Ludwig, by contrast, was in the glowing early prime of her extraordinary career, which encompassed repertoire for both mezzo-soprano and soprano. “Klemperer was marvellous for the singing,” she later said, “because he did nothing against the composer.” This collection shows the fruits of their collaboration in Beethoven, Wagner, Brahms and Mahler.

Esa-Pekka Salonen - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (2010)

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Esa-Pekka Salonen - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (2010)

Esa-Pekka Salonen - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image+.cue, log) | 01:17:33 min | Covers & D.booklet included | 301 mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Signum

Signum s third disc with the Philharmonia Orchestra and their Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen is drawn again from their celebrated Vienna: City of Dreams series of 2008-9. The Ninth symphony is often interpreted as a farewell to the world, in part because Mahler never had the chance to hear it performed. As one critic wrote, If you want to learn to weep, you should listen to the first movement of the Ninth, the great, magnificent song of ultimate farewell . Other releases this year with the Philharmonia orchestra will include Mahler s Sixth Symphony with Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Mahler s Fourth Symphony with Sir Charles Mackerras.

Esa-Pekka Salonen - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2011)

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Esa-Pekka Salonen - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2011)

Esa-Pekka Salonen - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2011)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image+.cue, log) | 01:39:32 min | Covers & D.booklet included | 365 mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Signum

Experience the timeless melodies of Mahler Symphony No 6 with this 2011 CD from Esa-Pekka Salonen. This classic album offers a beautiful collection of classical compositions that are perfect for any music lover.

Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.3 (2024)

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Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.3 (2024)

Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.3 (2024)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 407 Mb | Total time: 01:43:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-2486 | Recorded: 2022

The Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä bring us Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony, an extraordinary work by any standards. Scored for extended Wagnerian woodwind and brass sections, posthorn, a large array of percussion, women’s chorus, alto soloist and boys’ choir, the symphony has a duration of over 100 minutes and is filled with extreme emotion, revealing what the composer wanted to say about his own connection with nature and humanity’s place in it: ‘My symphony will be something the world has never heard before! The whole of nature will have a voice in it…’ he wrote about this mammoth work.

Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5 (2018)

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Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5 (2018)

Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5 (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 300 Mb | Total time: 73:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMM 902366 | Recorded: 2016

For the second installment in his Mahler cycle for harmonia mundi, Daniel Harding revisits a symphony which clearly represents a turning point in the composer’s output. The years following Mahler’s early period (marked by Des Knaben Wunderhorn) saw the production of works of ever greater complexity and sardonicism, which show no trace of naïveté. Within a framework of utmost intricacy, the themes, musical gestures, and building blocks (for instance, the interval of a minor third which opens the Fifth Symphony’s famous Adagietto) trace a journey from darkness to light which culminates in the striking modernity of the finale.

Virpi Räisänen, Quatuor Danel - Recital: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (2024)

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Virpi Räisänen, Quatuor Danel - Recital: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (2024)

Virpi Räisänen, Quatuor Danel - Recital: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (2024)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 201 Mb | Total time: 47:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Records | # ABCD 478 | Recorded: 2023

The joint history of former string quartet violinist Virpi Räisänen and the Danel Quartet began nearly thirty years ago when the young chamber musicians met at the master class of the legendary Borodin Quartet at the Britten-Pears School in England.

RCA Living Stereo - 60CD Collection, Part II (2012)

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RCA Living Stereo - 60CD Collection, Part II (2012)

RCA Living Stereo - 60CD Collection, Part II (2012)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 6,39 Gb | Total time: 63:57:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88765414972 | Recorded: 1954-1963

On October 6, 1953, RCA held experimental stereophonic sessions in New York's Manhattan Center with Leopold Stokowski conducting a group of New York musicians in performances of Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 and the waltz from Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. There were additional stereo tests in December, again in the Manhattan Center, this time with Pierre Monteux conducting members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In February 1954, RCA made its first commercial stereophonic recordings, taping the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Münch, in a performance of The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz.

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Chiyan Wong - Richard Strauss and the Viennese Trumpet (2020)

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Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Chiyan Wong - Richard Strauss and the Viennese Trumpet (2020)

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Chiyan Wong - Richard Strauss and the Viennese Trumpet (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 214 Mb | Total time: 61:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Linn Records | # CKD621 | Recorded: 2019

Richard Strauss and the Viennese Trumpet is the latest in Jonathan Freeman-Attwood’s imaginative series of musical reinventions for trumpet and piano. Works by Fux, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, Bruckner, Webern and Zemlinsky complement the core work: a newly imagined Strauss trumpet sonata. Building on his highly successful transcriptions of sonatas by Fauré, Grieg, Mendelssohn and Schumann, Freeman-Attwood pushes the boundaries further delivering a fully realised trumpet sonata which Strauss did not write. This innovative approach embraces various levels of transcription, transformation, realignment and composition to create a significant new contribution to the trumpet repertoire, full of the gloriously idiomatic writing for which Strauss is renowned.

François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 'Titan' (2019)

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François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 'Titan' (2019)

François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 'Titan' (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 248 Mb | Total time: 57:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMM 905299 | Recorded: 2018

Francois-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles present a fascinating new interpretation of Mahler's Symphony No.1. It features the first period instrument recording of the 1893-94 version, using a performing edition prepared by musicologists Anna Stoll Knecht and Benjamin Garzia, working in collaboration with Universal Edition. Initially presented as a symphonic poem entitled Titan, the work was met with severe criticism as it developed. This fascinating reconstruction using the composer's Hamburg and Weimar manuscripts testifies to the genius of one of the greatest symphonists of the modern era.