Previously released as separate CD packages in 2013, this slip-covered set of Gustav Mahler's first three symphonies presents Lorin Maazel and the Philharmonia Orchestra in rather mixed live performances. Because there is serious competition from many superb recordings that are readily available, this reissue from Signum Classics will mostly be of interest to Maazel's committed fans and curious Mahler-obsessives who need to hear every extant recording. Otherwise, listeners can pick and choose. The Symphony No. 1 in D major ...
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Previously released as separate CD packages in 2013, this slip-covered set of Gustav Mahler's first three symphonies presents Lorin Maazel and the Philharmonia Orchestra in rather mixed live performances. Because there is serious competition from many superb recordings that are readily available, this reissue from Signum Classics will mostly be of interest to Maazel's committed fans and curious Mahler-obsessives who need to hear every extant recording. Otherwise, listeners can pick and choose. The Symphony No. 1 in D major is a routine reading that brings the work across with no nonsense (thankfully without an interpolation of the rejected "Blumine" movement), yet with no real inspiration either. Indeed, there is a marked sluggishness in Maazel's tempos that suggests either flagging energy or perhaps a lack of imagination or enthusiasm for this over-played work. The Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection," is given an exaggerated ponderousness that robs it of any potential for real catharsis, and...
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