Mahler - Symphony No. 7
Genres:
Orchestral » Symphonies
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The engineering abets the peerless attention to detail, always his greatest asset; every dynamic, every sonority is in place...the best way possible to celebrate what is, unbelievably, Rattle's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th January 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Symphonique
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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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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Petrenko has a way of hearing deep into textures and harmonies that is at times really quite startling. He gives us X-ray ears. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Orchestral
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Vänskä’s apparent eccentricities here are mostly to accentuate Mahler’s own in his most outlandish ad unpredictable symphony…All the brass do the Minnesota Orchestra proud, and if the strings... —
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Record Review, 27th June 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Fischer contrasts gracious, chamber-textured dances with brilliant fanfares and toppling masses to absolute perfection. Throughout there’s a transparency to the recorded sound, even in the heftiest... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2019, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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What I really like about Järvi's Mahler is his acute understanding of the musical language and most especially its volatility. He's really in sync with those dramatic volte-faces, be they driven... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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the Leipzig players do [Chailly] proud. There are so many stunning solos, from tenor horn at the start to the first trumpet who never splits brilliant top notes in the finale, that names should... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Video Performance
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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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The San Francisco Symphony are on top form - oboist William Bennett deserves special praise for his lovely solos in the fourth movement - though in high-lying passages the violins often sound... —
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Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Classical Album of the Year
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