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A collection of 15 posts

The Czech Philharmonic in London: Mozart and Mahler

Live Performance

The Czech Philharmonic in London: Mozart and Mahler

Conductor Omer Meir Wellber impresses at Southbank

Live Performance

Conductor Omer Meir Wellber impresses at Southbank

Sometimes substitutions, especially last-minute ones, result in s frisson that elevates a performance to great heights

Richard Strauss & Mahler from Montréal

Richard Strauss & Mahler from Montréal

A fabulous coupling delivered in performances of consummate power

Interview with conductor John Warner

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Interview with conductor John Warner

I encountered conductor John Warner in China, during the Beijing Music Festival (BMF) this year. He was conducting the Mahler Foundation Festival Orchestra, a resident ensemble this year at BMF: I heard performances of Mahler's Fourth and First Symphonies while I was there (you can see the programmes

Semyon Bychkov conducts Mahler's Fourth Symphony

Semyon Bychkov conducts Mahler's Fourth Symphony

Prior to hearing this, my two top Mahler Fourths were Abbado and Bernstein. Now Bychkov and his Czech players join this exalted company

Rafael Payare & the OSM in Mahler Symphony No. 5

Rafael Payare & the OSM in Mahler Symphony No. 5

Payaré is a human dynamo, full of life, and the orchestra clearly loves him

Berlin Festival (4): Berlin Radio SO / Jurowski in Xenakis, Bartók and Mahler

Berlin Festival (4): Berlin Radio SO / Jurowski in Xenakis, Bartók and Mahler

The Xenakis and the Bartók, certainly, will live long in the memory

The Berliner Philharmoniker in London: Mahler, Schnittke, Bruckner

Live Performance

The Berliner Philharmoniker in London: Mahler, Schnittke, Bruckner

Two Proms, one absolutely unforgettable ...

Mahler's Das Lied revisited

Mahler's Das Lied revisited

This more than deserves to be heard - it shines a light into the very core of Mahler's score

Mahler's Fourth Symphony revealed anew

Mahler's Fourth Symphony revealed anew

François-Xavier Roth’s sterling restoration work with Les Sièces continues with Mahler

Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler's Ninth Symphony (Lucerne)

Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler's Ninth Symphony (Lucerne)

A wonderful, great (in the true sense) performance

Mahler's Song of Lamentation: Das Klagende Lied

Mahler's Song of Lamentation: Das Klagende Lied

A valuable addition to Gielen's Mahler, and a valuable addiiton to to Das Klagende Lied's discography

Mahler's Unfinished: The Tenth Symphony

Mahler's Unfinished: The Tenth Symphony

This Mahler 10 puts the Minnesota Orchestra up there as one ofthe World's great orchestras

Youth's Magic Horn ... Boulez conducts Mahler

Youth's Magic Horn ... Boulez conducts Mahler

A little while ago, Classical Explorer undertook a comparison post of five recordings of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde [https://www.classicalexplorer.com/a-tale-of-four-earths/]. Just one disc today: but what a coupling, Mahler's setting of texts from Des Knaben Wonderhorn (Youth's Magic Horn)

A Tale of Five Earths

A Tale of Five Earths

Five different versions of Mahler's great symphony-song cycle