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What a glorious prospect Mahler's first major work opens up for us – and how beautifully it is realised here. The original three-part version of this ambitious folkloric cantata is like a musical... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Tilson Thomas's interpretation is free of any mannerism, but it is alive in every bar, full of passion, and marvellously played and recorded. A work which can lead to feelings of having been... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

it's rhythmically taut, but rather too polished to convey the earthy danger of the music that comes across strongly in the documentary...Still, the package as a whole is a good introduction... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 starsMore…