Mahler Symphony No 4 Synfrancisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas 2003 Lossless New Link
A comparison of this against MTT's other Mahler recordings?
(e.g., Bernstein, Abbado) to see how this one differs.
San Francisco Symphony Mahler Recording Project on SFS Media A comparison of this against MTT's other Mahler recordings
: Reviewers at ClassicsToday highlighted the "marvelous" stereo sonics, noting a natural perspective that avoids artificial spotlighting of solo instruments—such as the solo violin in the scherzo—while maintaining rock-solid bass and a brilliant top end.
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While recorded live, the editing is flawless, providing the energy of a concert performance with the polish of a studio recording ClassicsToday.
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony is an outlier in his canon, a work of luminous clarity, classical restraint, and childlike innocence, especially when compared to the cosmic existentialism of his later symphonies. Its four movements describe a journey from the earthly to the divine, culminating in a soprano’s song of heaven from the Des Knaben Wunderhorn ("The Youth's Magic Horn") collection. features a deliberately mistuned solo violin
features a deliberately mistuned solo violin, representing Freund Hein (Death playing his fiddle), which the SFS concertmaster executes with a perfect balance of the grotesque and the playful.
