Osmo Vänskä Mahler Symphonies
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Vänskä’s tempos are relatively laid back; as so often, he seems to aim more for long-term continuity than for the sensational detail – though he is quite capable of clinching a dramatic moment…By... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Rhythmically very taut, clean and just a little unusual…The conductor holds focus in what can sometimes be a turgid sequel to the opening funeral march; the scherzo flies…And the finale is just... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st July 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Orchestral Performance
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Every dynamic marking, every nuance of rubato is scrupulously adhered to. —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor 'Resurrection'
Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Minnesota Orchestra & Chorale, Osmo Vänskä
Vänskä has very clear ideas of his own about Mahler...The disadvantage of that in this Resurrection comes, for me, very early on: after a swift, rather lightweight signing-in for fire and fury,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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By keeping a firm grip on the first three movements, Osmo Vänskä ensures that the cast and increasingly frantic finale, with its hammer-blows of Fate, really does come over as climactic, culminating... —
