Vocal , Lieder, Mahler (composer)

Contemplation

Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg

BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Voice & Ensemble
International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording

Special offer. Berio: Sinfonia & Berio/Mahler: Frühe Lieder

Matthias Goerne (baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Synergy Vocals, Josep Pons

Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2016
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Vocal Winner
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner

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Special offer. Mahler - Songs of My Youth

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Mahler: Song Cycles

Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht

Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
Record Review, 12th August 2017, Recording of the Week

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Love songs

Angela Hewitt (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice

Special offer. Erinnerung: Mahler Lieder

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Christiane Karg (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Gustav Mahler (piano roll)

Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd October 2020
Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Choral & Song Choice
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique vocale

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EDEN

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music

EDEN

Joyce Didonato (mezzo-soprano), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Mahler Songs

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023

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Mahler: Symphony No. 1 & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

Building a Library, July 2003, Runner-Up
Building a Library, November 2001, First Choice
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s

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Special offer. Mahler: Song Cycles

Janet Baker Hallé Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Barbirolli

Building a Library, November 2001, Runner-Up
Building a Library, First Choice
Penguin Guide, Rosette

ELEGY

Joseph Middleton (piano), Mary Bevan (soprano)

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025

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Mahler: Kindertotenlieder and 3 Rückert Lieder and Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge

Kathleen Ferrier Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Forbidden Fruit

Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)

International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023

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Mahler - Lieder

Christian Gerhaher (baritone) & Gerold Huber (piano)

Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Solo Vocal
Building a Library, May 2023, Recommended Recording

Special offer. Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 6, 9 & Lieder

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Hallé Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir John Barbirolli

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Stimme der Sehnsucht | Lieder by Pfitzner, Strauss & Mahler

Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) & Joseph Breinl (piano)

BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, Choral & Song Choice
Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Editor's Choice

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O weh!

Stéphane Degout (baritone), Aude Extrémo, L'Atelier de musique, Pierre Dumoussaud

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New. Bernard Haitink – Berlin, Vienna, Boston: Complete Recordings on Decca & Philips

Bernard Haitink

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Special offer. Storytellers

Justin Benavidez, Deloise Lima, Florida State University Wind Ensemble, Florida State University Wind Orchestra, Florida State University Symphonic Band, Patrick Dunnigan, Richard Clary, David Plack

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Schumann & Mahler: Lieder

Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Vocal
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Vocal

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Special offer. Paradise Lost

Anna Prohaska (soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Roger Vignoles

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Solo
BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Choral & Song Choice

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New. Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Jiulius Patzak, Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, Clemens Krauss, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Malcolm Sargent

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Special offer. Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 2, 4, 7 & 9

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

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Special offer. Mahler: Orchestral Lieder

Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly

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Special offer. Mahler: Songs with Orchestra

Thomas Hampson (baritone), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

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Selige Stunde | Romantic Songs

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 11th September 2020

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Mahler & Wagner - Lieder | Transcribed for chamber ensemble by Christian Favre

Mahler: Lieder

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelik, Karl Böhm

Building a Library, November 2001, First Choice

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano) Quatuor Schumann

Gramophone Magazine, July 2008, Editor's Choice

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Special offer. 150th Anniversary Box - Mahler Complete Works

A Simple Song

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Fabian Fredriksson (electric guitar), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Marie McLeod (cello), Ellen Nisbeth (viola)

Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018

SACD: $17.75

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Paavo Järvi, Jascha Horenstein, Klaus Tennstedt, Bruno Walter, Sir John Barbirolli, George Szell

Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2010

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Songs For New Life and Love | Mahler - Ives - Grime

Ruby Hughes (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
Presto Editor's Choice, September 2021
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021

SACD: $17.75

Bernstein: Mahler

Christa Ludwig (contralto), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Joseph Flummerfelt (chorus master), James McCarthy (chorus master), Jaap van Zweden (violin), Helmut Wittek (boy soprano), Friedrich Pfeiffer (horn), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Rudolf Scholz (organ), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), José van Dam (bass (vocal)), Hermann Prey (baritone), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Trudeliese Schmidt (contralto), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master), Judith Blegen (soprano), Uwe Theimer (chorus master), Gerti Zeumer (soprano), James King (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Westminster Choir, New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Boys Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Bryn Terfel - A Song in my Heart

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)

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In Heaven | Songs for a Trip to Space

Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Jan Philip Schulze (piano/synthesizer)

BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Vocal Choice

Boulez Conducts Mahler | Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

Rainer Keuschnig (organ), Christine Schäfer (soprano) & Michelle Deyoung (mezzo-soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto), Johan Botha (tenor), Juliane Banse, Twyla Robinson, Erin Wall, Adriane Queiroz, Michelle DeYoung, Simone Schröder, Hanno Müller-Brachmann & Robert Holl, Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Violeta Urmana & Thomas Quasthoff, Violeta Urmana (mezzo-soprano), Michael Schade (tenor) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Singverein, Women’s Chorus of the Vienna Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben & Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, The Cleveland Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw, Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Building a Library, June 2016, Also Recommended
Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Orchestral Performance
Building a Library, May 2023, Also Recommended

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Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan', etc.

Thomas Hampson Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Building a Library, July 2003, First Choice

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Special offer. Nocturnal Variations

Ruby Hughes (soprano) & Joseph Middleton (piano)

BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, Choral & Song Choice

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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 3 | and songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Birgit Remmert (contralto), Simon Keenlyside (baritone) City of Birmingham Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Simon Rattle

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Life Force

Peter Moore (trombone) & James Baillieu (piano)

BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, Recording of the Month

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My Soul, What Fear You?

Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Simon Lepper (piano)

BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Choral & Song Choice

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Luciano Berio - Transformation

Sophia Burgos (soprano), Benjamin Appl (baritone), Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet), Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton

Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year

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Schumann, Brahms, Mahler - Lieder

Renée Fleming (soprano), Hartmut Höll (piano) Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann

Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year

Heimat - 500 Years of Heimatlieder

Daniel Behle (tenor), german hornsound, Mario Adorf

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal

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Gods & Monsters

Nicholas Phan (tenor) & Myra Huang (piano)

Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album

Mahler: Rückert-Lieder & Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen

Gerhild Romberger (contralto) & Alfredo Perl (piano)

ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner

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Nicht Wiedersehen! | Richard Strauss - Gustav Mahler - Hans Rott

Günther Groissböck, Malcolm Martineau

International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music

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Wanderer: Songs by Schumann, Killmayer & Mahler

Christoph Prégardien (tenor) Ensemble Kontraste

BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Choral & Song Choice

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Mahler: Orchestral Songs

Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Kent Nagano

Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Solo Vocal

Mahler/ Brahms/ Martin: Vocal Works

Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Hendrik Heilmann (piano)

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal

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Urlicht - Works By Mahler & Strauss

Alois Muhlbacher (counter-tenor), Franz Farnberger (piano)

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal & Young Talent

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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre: excerpts, etc.

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Building a Library, September 2017, Also Recommended

Der Himmlische Leben | Liszt and Mahler

Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice

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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 & Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Martha Lipton (soprano), Eileen Farrell (soprano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Boys' Choir of the Little Church Around the Corner, New York Schola Cantorum Women's Chorus, Leonard Bernstein

Building a Library, September 2017, Also Recommended

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Special offer. Befreit: A Soul Surrendered

Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023

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Transcriptions 2 | This disc presents more classical music hits transcribed for a cappella choir, focusing on some lesser-known repertoire.

Brigitte Engerer (piano) Accentus Chamber Choir & Les Monts du Reuil Continuo, Laurence Equilbey

Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Editor's Choice