More Mahler on SACD in the future: M9-Gilbert, M5-Mehta, M5-Stenz

[sperlsco]

Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Royal Stockholm PO
Alan Gilbert (conductor)
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/6088


Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Bavarian State Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/6074

Also of interest (to me):

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56a, Hungarian Dance No. 14 (arr. Fischer)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer (conductor)
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/6085

[John Kim]

Great news.

Two M9ths SACDs (Nott & Gilbert) around the same time!

But why another Mehta M5th again? Why not Mehta M8 or M9??

John,

[Russell]

This is at least the third M5 that Mehta's done (LA, NY, and now Bavarian St)!!!

Russell

[John Kim]

Here is a place to order the Gilbert M9th SACD:

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=259850&album_group=1

It's on a single disc .

John,

[John Kim]

Here is another new release of M5th:

http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/6092

Didn't Stenze already record a M5 (in Australia) before?

John,

[James Meckley]

Yes – a very good one. Melbourne Symphony, 2002.

James

[barry guerrero]

I don't think BIS would bother to record Mahler with anybody unless they thought it was pretty darn good. I'm hoping they'll treat him the way that Channel Classics has been dealing with Ivan Fischer: coming out with the occasional Mahler symphony when everything feels right to everybody. What could be better than that?

[sperlsco]

Here is another new release of M5th:

http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/6092


John,

I just listened to a radio rip of Stenz and the Gurzenich O performing M5 at a 2008 Proms concert.  After listening, I am predicting that the commercial release will be the best available SACD on the market (by a long shot).  Although the sound is typically compressed for radio, it is still a thrilling performance.  There are a few trumpet boo-boos and the bass drum and timpani are recessed at times, but I am hopeful that all of this is worked out in the studio (or in multiple recording dates). 

Here are the timings as best I remember them:
I - 11:30
II - 14:10
III - 16:30
IV - 8:01
V - 14:00

I noticed one strange luftpause (followed by a ritardando) in the coda of the finale, but nothing else was overly interventionist.  The Adagietto is perfectly felt. 

[barry guerrero]

Word. 

[barry guerrero]

By the way, the Oehms website states that this the beginning of whole new Mahler cycle. FYI.