Since you are interested in Symphony No. 5, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Mahler: The Complete Symphonies / Kindertotenlieder [12 CD set] Reri Grist, Lee Venora, Jennie Tourel / New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, with Janet Baker (mezzo) [ Sony Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 12/May/2017 ] "The orchestral playing is first rate and Mahler's textures are expertly sifted." The Guardian |
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Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra - Fiesta Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 7/Aug/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Orchestral - "They play as if their hearts are fit to burst with pride as well as passion. And they sound magnificent, textures sharp and clean, driven on with rhythmic momentum...at full-throttle the sound... |
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Symphonies Nos 5 & 7 Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezula / Gustavo Dudamel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] Gustavo Dudamel leads his Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in a spirited Deutsche Grammophon recording debut "This performance of Beethovens 7th Symphony is one of the most exciting I've heard in many years!" (Daniel Barenboim about... |
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Mahler: Symphony No 6 / Piano Quartet The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor & piano) [ Ondine SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Nov/2006 ] "This recording of Mahler's Sixth Symphony may well be the Sixth of first choice, sonically and interpretatively." - Jed Distler, The Gramophone, November 2006 |
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Symphony No.5 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] In all its forms and facets, Gustav Mahler’s musical oeuvre is primarily symphonic. As a modern composer, he developed a gigantic orchestra to support the construction of his symphonic world, included trite stylistic devices and broke with hitherto... |
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Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano) Thomas Harper (tenor) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Halasz, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] "All in all this is an amazing bargain" - Gramophone |
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Symphony No. 1 in D Titan Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] Highly rated demonstration recordings now at mid price |
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Symphony No. 5 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "It always seems to be damning with faint praise when I find myself making the caveat that those who are collecting a particular cycle of Mahler symphonies can buy a current instalment with confidence." (MusicWeb October 2006) |