Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'

Martina Arroyo, Erna Spoorenberg, Edith Mathis (sopranos), Julia Hamari, Norma Procter (altos), Donald Grobe (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Franz Crass (bass) & Eberhard Kraus (organ)

Choruses of Bavarian, North & West German Radio, Regensburger Domspatzen, Frauenchor...

Release Date: 24th May 2010
Catalogue No: AUDITE95551
Label: Audite
Series: Kubelik Mahler Cycle

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Martina Arroyo, Erna Spoorenberg, Edith Mathis (sopranos), Julia Hamari, Norma Procter (altos), Donald Grobe (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Franz Crass (bass) & Eberhard Kraus (organ)
Choruses of Bavarian, North & West German Radio, Regensburger Domspatzen, Frauenchor des Münchner Motettenchores & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelik

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"Conceivably, many people own the Kubelik set of Mahler symphonies on DG. But being a live performance, and in remastered sound, this is still an excellent introduction to Mahler's monumental Eighth Symphony. Kubelik is a reliable, no frills conductor, who will always give a balanced, thoughtful reading without extremes of temperament. You could do a lot worse than to learn Mahler from this undoubted master. The soloists are well chosen, as each voice is so distinctive it’s easy to track them: there’s no mistaking Fischer-Dieskau, for example, though his lines are less spectacular, perhaps, than those of the sopranos. Kubelik’s characteristic light touch is persuasive in the non vocal passages. It mirrors the surprising delicacy of the vocal writing. Other conductors can get away with darker textures, perhaps because their singers aren’t as transcendently clear as Kubelik’s.” MUSICWEB

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Martina Arroyo, Erna Spoorenberg, Edith Mathis (sopranos), Julia Hamari, Norma Procter (altos), Donald Grobe (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Franz Crass (bass) & Eberhard Kraus (organ)

Choruses of Bavarian, North & West German Radio, Regensburger Domspatzen, Frauenchor des Münchner Motettenchores & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'

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