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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / I'm seeing rumblings that Y. Sado/Tonkunstler M8 to be released early 2026

« Last post by barryguerrero on December 11, 2025, 04:35:25 PM »

https://imusic.dk/music/0051497515829/sado-yutaka-tonkunstler-orchester-2026-mahler-sinfonie-nr-8-cd?srsltid=AfmBOopDrTHRnqZKJcIJza2iOX_HSFOF6DHFqZs9ZebTonKEqxvVs6tG

This at least gives you a bar code you can copy and paste in future weeks, to keep track of any progress . It appears the Sado M8 will be on two discs. Now if only Pentatone would get off its ass and get going on the rest of the Bychkov/Czech Phil. cycle.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: M7 with G. Noseda/Nat'l Symphony of D.C. coming on in-house label, samples incl.

« Last post by barryguerrero on December 11, 2025, 04:29:07 PM »

I listened through the Noseda M7. It's a decent enough performance of the somewhat faster variety. However, I think it's undermined by the very dry acoustics of the Kennedy Center, as well as the 'indifferent' sounding albeit 'close up' engineering of the recording. I remember liking his BBC Phil. M7 much more than this one, which was recorded live in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: M7 with G. Noseda/Nat'l Symphony of D.C. coming on in-house label, samples incl.

« Last post by erikwilson7 on December 05, 2025, 03:44:01 PM »

Two other Mahler 7 recordings just came out too: there's Jaap van Zweden conducting the Seoul Philharmonic which is being described on Presto as a continuation of a cycle, and I'm seeing a new one on Apple Music from Andrea Battistoni conducting the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. I don't see the latter listing on Presto yet, and I'm not sure if it's on Spotify.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: M7 with G. Noseda/Nat'l Symphony of D.C. coming on in-house label, samples incl.

« Last post by barryguerrero on December 05, 2025, 10:05:33 AM »

It's up on Spotify. I'm listening to the finale now - so far, so good.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: M7 with G. Noseda/Nat'l Symphony of D.C. coming on in-house label, samples incl.

« Last post by barryguerrero on September 26, 2025, 11:16:01 PM »

Great! I look forward to your feedback on it.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: M7 with G. Noseda/Nat'l Symphony of D.C. coming on in-house label, samples incl.

« Last post by erikwilson7 on September 26, 2025, 04:23:08 PM »

What a surprise! As of today, the whole recording is up on Apple Music. I'm not sure about other platforms, I haven't checked yet. I'll give it a listen sometime today.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: M7 with G. Noseda/Nat'l Symphony of D.C. coming on in-house label, samples incl.

« Last post by barryguerrero on September 25, 2025, 07:59:28 PM »

Yeah, I don't think his Italian based recordings of M2 or M9 are going to light a fire under anyone but locals (as a souvenir). On the other hand, the M7 and M10/Cooke III (Chandos) that he did in Manchester are really quite good. I like that M10 quite a bit. It'll be interesting to here this on Spotify. I believe he has an M8 scheduled for D.C., so maybe they'll make a recording of that.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: M7 with G. Noseda/Nat'l Symphony of D.C. coming on in-house label, samples incl.

« Last post by erikwilson7 on September 25, 2025, 01:45:53 PM »

These do sound pretty good. I like some of Noseda's previous Shostakovich recordings with the LSO, and I've been wanting to hear him do more Mahler. He conducted the 2nd at Verbier Festival ― I think it was ― a few years ago and it was not good; the overall timing was about 71 minutes, putting even Kubelik's quick tempi to shame. I caught the performance on a live stream.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / M7 with G. Noseda/Nat'l Symphony of D.C. coming on in-house label, samples incl.

« Last post by barryguerrero on September 25, 2025, 05:12:36 AM »

Wow, the start of the finale sounds promising. Noseda recorded M7 with the BBC Phil. from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. It came with an edition of the BBC Magazine, and it's really good.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9824369--mahler-symphony-no-7#tracklist

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Exton's Mahler cycle with Jonathan Nott from Tokyo

« Last post by barryguerrero on September 21, 2025, 10:57:25 AM »

Lazy, or just parochial?    .   .   .  .  "lazy" is generally not a thought associated with the Japanese by us gringos.