MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No.8 Symphony of a Thousand / Adagio from Symphony No.10

"A ripely passionate account, recorded with a richness and body that outshines any digital rival. Sinopoli conveys a warmth of expression that brings joyful exuberance to the great outburst of the opening. It builds into one of the most thrilling accounts ever, helped by a superb team of soloists and incandescent choral singing."
- Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide

"Passionately ecstatic, rhythmically incisive, intensely moving and stunningly recorded, this massive choral and orchestral symphony bursts forth with incandescent fervour in this "Rosette" winning recording. Sopranos Cheryl Studer and Angela Maria Blasi let rip with their numerous high Cs, the crucial organ part is prominent without drowning out the rest of the ensemble and the tempi are I think perfectly judged. This is my favourite version of this strange work: moving and joyous in equal measure and, in the perilously close to kitsch passages of the second movement, deeply critical at the same time."(Keith)