Mahler - Symphony No. 5
Genres:
Orchestral » Symphonies
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Bychkov is careful to keep the strings’ lyric funeral-marches objective, and it ’s fascinating how the Adagietto sounds otherworldly until the cellos bring in a richly portamentoed human warmth...the... —
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Record Review, 15th October 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Mahler: The Complete Symphonies
RecommendedArleen Augér (soprano - Symphony No. 2), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo -Symphony No. 2), Birgit Remmert (contralto - Symphony No. 3), Amanda Roocroft (soprano - Symphony No. 4), Christine Brewer (soprano), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Juliane Banse (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano), Jane Henschel...
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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Bernstein was never one to underplay the emotion of any piece that he conducted, and that intensity leads to a thrilling performance of the Fifth Symphony with the Vienna Phiharmonic. He wrings... —
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Building a Library, June 2016, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Hand on heart, it's a long while since I’ve enjoyed a new Mahler Five as much as this. For a start, Rafael Payare clearly sees this teeming, almost over-rich score as a vibrant, purposeful whole...Yet... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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the performance level here is straightforwardly stellar, with a rounded, brashness-free overall sound that may well be close to what Mahler knew from the more mellow-toned orchestras of his... —
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I'll go for broke and say I don’t know a better Mahler Fifth than this one, since in addition to Järvi’s care over every dynamic, there’s a sense of live electric charge which makes the ends... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Symphonic Music
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Awards:
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Building A Library, June 2026, Top Choice
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The Eighth symphony, strongly cast and superbly recorded, is one of the finest in the catalogue. There’s a moment at the end of the first movement where each of the eight choral lines soars... —
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Special offer. Hans Rosbaud 50th Anniversary Edition
Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 22 October 1951
Kölner Rundkunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Rosbaud
I detect no lack of feeling or expressiveness in Rosbaud’s reading and he is not afraid to deploy a judicious amount of portamento. It’s good to hear a straightforward approach to this music...The... —
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Building a Library, June 2016, Also Recommended
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