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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minorDSD recording, live at the Barbican March 2008, Stereo and multi-channel (5.0)
Anna Larsson (mezzo) Tiffin Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, & London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev "an inexorable force that seemed to come from nowhere but infact had been cleverly prepared for. This is the kind of work that reveals the LSO itself as a real community of an orchestra, a collection of talented individuals responding to Mahler's every solo opportunity but dedicated to a common cause" Daily Telegraph concert review "the LSO was all power and perspiration, muscle and machismo. Even in the radiant, hymn-like final movement Gergiev found (and seized upon) hidden storms and stresses" The Times concert review “I've never heard the opening Pan Awakes music more marvellously vivid in all its miraculous scoring, every dynamic in place, the snarl of the trombones, the menace of the trumpets ... you won't hear more brilliant playing than the LSO's” Sunday Times | 
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| |  | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Anna Larsson (soprano) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Choir Vienna & Tölzer Knabenchor, Claudio Abbado Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and
Convention Centre Lucerne, 19 August 2007 “One of the greatest Mahlerians alive today, Abbado conducting Mahler's Third Symphony with his own Lucerne Festival Orchestra is not to be missed. Whether you enjoy watching concerts on DVD is a matter largely of personal taste, but those wanting a close-up on Abbado's elegant fingers won't be disappointed. Mahler's Third charts a journey to transcendence from the origins of life - given primordial terror by the LFO brass, every solo amid the immaculate ensemble sound cherished with Abbado's grasp of overarching Mahlerian narrative. Anna Larsson is ethereal in the fourth movement's Nietzschian text, the finale a sublimely convincing interpretation of the transcendence of love.” The Times, 16th August 2008 ***** “It’s different having best friends together. Everyone is there to enjoy making music, to take pleasure, to play with enthusiasm, with passion. They are prepared to do any crazy thing I ask them for the sake of the music. To fly, to walk through fire.” Claudio Abbado “…Mahler three of peerless concentration and shape. ...Claudio Abbado never forces the expressivity of the superband Lucerne Festival Orchestra; yet every colour and texture shines through. …the filming of the orchestra is faultless.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 ***** |
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| |  | Kathleen Ferrier sings Brahms, Chausson & Mahler
These three recordings of the incomparable Kathleen Ferrier, have been newly re-mastered from tapes made from live BBC broadcasts. The BBCSO play the Brahms, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent in January 1949. They also play the final two movements of the Mahler under Sir Adrian Boult, November 1947. The Chausson is played by the Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli in March 1951. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Kathleen Ferrier - Mahler: Symphopny No. 3 and Kindertotenlieder
Mahler: | Symphony No. 3 in D minor BBC broadcast: 29 November 1947, Maida Vale Studios, London BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Kindertotenlieder Recorded: 12 July 1951, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, Otto Klemperer |
Also includes CBC Interview with Kathleen Ferrier
CBC Broadcast: 10 March 1950, CBC Studio, Montreal, Canada “Boult's forthright approach to the music generates an epic grandeur that impresses in its own right. Then enter Kathleen Ferrier. Her singing of the fourth movement's 'Night Song' is wondrously beautiful and moving…” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** “It is difficult, even now, not to be awestruck by the professionalism and unassuming good sense of Sir Adrian Boult. His performance of the Third Symphony, is lucid and unaffected. Kathleen Ferrier gives an exceptionally beautiful performance of "O Mensch!", lovingly accompanied by Boult.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Women's Chorus of the Netherlands Radio, Boys' Chorus of St Willibrord Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands Radio Chorus & Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink "... Haitink's long view of the whole work, his sensible tempos and sensitive phrasing are plus-marks ... Maureen Forrester as contralto soloist, singing with that dark rich tone and controlled emotional warmth which are ideal in this music ..."
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Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mahler: | Symphony No. 3 in D minor Des Knaben Wunderhorn (8 songs) |
Brigit Remmert, Simon Keenlyside City of Birmingham Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Simon Rattle | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | What The Universe Tells MeUnraveling the Mysteries of Mahler's Third Symphony
Mahler: | Symphony No. 3 in D minor |
Stockard Channing (narrator) Film-maker Jason Starr has produced a passionate and mesmerizing documentary on a seminal Mahler masterwork. The composer’s Third Symphony is examined with the assistance of professionals from the worlds of music and of ideas. Interspersed with the commentary is a thrilling performance of the symphony with an orchestra culled from players from the Manhattan School of Music. The work is offered complete on a second disc. English, with optional subtitles in: Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean. Approx. 4 hours, Color, Stereo. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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