Mahler: Symphony No 1; Rachmaninov: Isle Of The Dead / Mitropoulos

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Latest to join the nostalgic-presentation bandwagon, Sony has chosen a worthy occasion in recording history to showcase in style. Mitropoulos’s pioneering 1940 Mahler One begins...
Latest to join the nostalgic-presentation bandwagon, Sony has chosen a worthy occasion in recording history to showcase in style. Mitropoulos’s pioneering 1940 Mahler One begins unpromisingly with screechy violin harmonics and monster winds, but settles to an acceptable-sounding presentation of a live-wire event (no repeats, but who’s complaining?). Each movement encompasses so many clear-etched moods and tempi that the final impression of dramatic unity can only amaze. The same goes for the Rachmaninov, where the grim ferry-boat turns into a locomotive and a luxury liner in turn without the slightest implausibility.

Performance: 5 (out of 5), Sound: 3 (out of 5)

-- David Nice, BBC Music Magazine


Product Description:


  • Release Date: August 30, 2012


  • UPC: 074646234228


  • Catalog Number: SONY 62342


  • Label: Sony Masterworks


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Gustav Mahler, Sergei Rachmaninov


  • Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Mitropoulos