I'm seeing rumblings that Y. Sado/Tonkunstler M8 to be released early 2026

[barryguerrero]

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.

[barryguerrero]

The Tunkunstler's own website is showing that the Mahler 8 is available as a new item. They carry the CD's at the ticket office on the Herrengasse in downtown Vienna. You can order through their website, but I don't know if they ship to the U.S. or not. Last year they didn't, but I think they're going through a different agency for those shipments now. I've written them an e-mail to find out. If they do ship to the U.S. and the cost isn't too outrageous, I may very well order a copy. Anyway, here's what the cover looks like (nothing exciting):

https://shop.tonkuenstler.at/webshop/webticket/itemdetail?itemId=1440&cents=2000

[barryguerrero]

I've gone ahead and ordered a copy of the M8 through the Tonkunstler's website. I'm in no hurry to receive it.

[barryguerrero]

Here are some samples of the final mix. It's going to be available first as downloads, here through Presto Classical (probably JPC as well). I have a hard copy coming from the Tonkunstler's Ticket Office. It sounds very good, but - as usual - the tenor is not the very best by any stretch.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/new-and-future-releases?date_range=Next+90+Days&search_query=mahler

[erikwilson7]

Wow, this is a long one! 87 minutes is around where Nagano's lands. A bit more than Boulez/Berlin.

[barryguerrero]

Even Wyn Morris is less at 84:30.