I have just read about this on the board:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3808224and I think it will be very interesting.
Since I liked very much his First, probably I will like this Fourth too:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3836006(Currently, Honeck is touring Europe with this Symphony)
During an interview, Inbal spoke about a new cycle with the Czech Philahrmonic to be put on disc. So, I find a little strange that he continues recording with the Tokio Metropolitan Orchestra (Bertini's former band): here we have a Fourth:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3822219Although the bands involved are not of first rank, I am still intrigued by these two records:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3801040http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3799717because these are very good conductors that performed Mahler when Mahler had not yet become fashionable.
I have just ordered a copy of this live recording by Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3831907A "new" M2 with Klemperer has been unearthed:
http://www.testament.co.uk/default.aspx?PageID=74Let's hope it will be a Resurrection resurrected and not simply another unearthed corpse.
This is not new either:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3813775but it's not a corpse! Highly recommended!!!
Dulcis in fundo, the saddest news: as far as I know, there will be not a complete cycle with Ivan Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra. Last year I enquired about this and about a Fith in particular and the guys at Channel Classics replied that they "have spoken about recording 1,3,and indeed 5 at some point in the future", but not a complete cycle. A cycle with technical and artistic standards experienced in M2, 4 and 6 would have been the major Mahler recording project of our time. I really hope they will change their mind.