Since you are interested in Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection', here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Mahler: Kindertotenlieder + Songs & Arias by Gluck, Greene, Handel, Purcell etc Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 3/Jul/2000 ] "...outstandingly beautiful, so moving and deeply felt" (Gramophone) |
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 10 (with Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/May/1985 ] Simon Rattle has performed the 10th more times than any other conductor. In many ways it's become his signature work. |
BELLINI / PUCCINI / BIZET / CATALANI / VERDI / CILEA / GLUCK / etc
The New Sound of Maria Callas [3 CD set] Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 3 CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Maria Callas - Unforgettable arias sung by the most iconic diva of all time - remastered for the first time in high-definition sound from the original tapes, for an unprecedented sound quality that shines new light on the voice of Maria Callas. Allan... |
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Mahler - Symphony No.9 New Philharmonia Orchestras, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] 'In this famous 1967 performance of the Symphony the sound is superb, the playing magnificent. Klemperer lets Mahler's score tell its own story and one cannot listen without remembering that he knew and worked with the composer.' (Gramophone) |
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "One element which Rattle brings out more than his rivals is the exuberance of Mahler's writing...This is above all a songful vision full of tenderness, with phrasing affectionately moulded in spontaneous warmth" (Penguin Guide) |
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Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell [ Warner Original Jacket recordings / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] "Fischer-Dieskau's scarifying projection of the two military horror stories to the exquisite control they jointly bring to Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen... one of the most sensitive and touching accounts of a Mahler song I have ever heard" Gramopho |