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Download, Mahler (composer)
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The engineering abets the peerless attention to detail, always his greatest asset; every dynamic, every sonority is in place...the best way possible to celebrate what is, unbelievably, Rattle's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th January 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Symphonique
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 4
RecommendedSabine Devieilhe (soprano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
What is remarkable about hearing Mahler’s most classicallyorientated symphony performed on instruments of the period when it was written is that the music’s strongly Expressionist subtext comes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 27th August 2022, Record of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedGerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano)
Augsburger Domsingknaben, Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink
a perfect beauty of a performance, natural sound matching natural evoution and every solo perfectly intoned —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th January 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Recording of the Year
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Record Review, 7th January 2017, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. Contemplation
RecommendedHuw Montague Rendall (baritone), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg
The first thing one notices in this wide-ranging recital from rising baritone Huw Montague Rendall is his seriousness of purpose...There’s also top-rank work from the orchestra and conductor;... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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It’s the most lightly, as in ineffably, characterised Mahler One I’ve heard since Kubelík’s. Everything flows, moves forward without rush…And when he needs to, Fischer pulls out the stops –... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Orchestral
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Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1
RecommendedMahler: Blumine - Bruckner: Symphonisches Präludium
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Since its disinterring in 1989, there have been some fine recordings, but surely none more persuasive than this. Jakub Hrůša plainly loves the score and strives to characterise its every detail,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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From the opening's haunting strings and distant fanfares, Järvi masterfully paints a picture of the work's vivid landscape, taking in all its subtlety and grandeur throughout. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th December 2025
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Mahler: The Complete Symphonies
RecommendedArleen Augér (soprano - Symphony No. 2), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo -Symphony No. 2), Birgit Remmert (contralto - Symphony No. 3), Amanda Roocroft (soprano - Symphony No. 4), Christine Brewer (soprano), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Juliane Banse (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano), Jane Henschel...
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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There’s no doubt that the Munich-based orchestra is among the best in the world today...But what lifts this up among the very best Sixth Symphony recordings is the finale – this time perfectly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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I'll go for broke and say I don’t know a better Mahler Fifth than this one, since in addition to Järvi’s care over every dynamic, there’s a sense of live electric charge which makes the ends... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Symphonic Music
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