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Review by Dr. O August 7, 2005 (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
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This Symphony by Mahler is a difficult one to pull off. Here we have expansive first and last movements. The "middle movements" tend to be more conventional, except for the charming 5th movement with it's playful children choirs.
The first movement is powerful. The lines drawn by Mahler and the realization of them by MTT and the SFS are spectacular for both their clarity AND their resolute conviction. The finale offers perhaps the greater challenge. Here the orchestra moves from peaceful mystery to an emphatic affirmation. MTT pulls this off with remarkable skill!
When the score calls for playfullness, MTT and the SFS ARE playful. But here is a symphony that calls for so much more! Mahler seeks to listen to and encompass Nature itself - the flowers and the animals - humanity and the angels - even Love itself - within the lines and notes of the score. And so there is a sublimity here as well.
Mahler's scope is vast in this 3rd Symphony. The listener should be left with a sense of the "unlimited" - and I believe that in this recording this sense has been magically captured. Congrats once again to MTT and the SFS for a job superbly done!
As an added PLUS, the five-movement Kindertotenlieder is included. The mezzo-soprano voice of Michelle DeYoung is extremely expressive, and each movement is lovingly handled by MTT and company.
Winner of the 2004 Grammy for Best Classical Album!
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Review by stvnharr December 2, 2003 (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
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| The Mahler 3rd symphony is such a wonderful piece of music. Through the years I have listened to many different recordings of this symphony, enjoying them all. But this one by MTT and SFO is just superb. The sound is really something else, clearly a few notches above the old cd sound of other recordings. And the sound just sweeps you away for the full 108 minutes. Oh, if only all recorded music could sound so good!!!
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Review by snaftilan July 18, 2003 (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
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| i do not understand why the other reviewer claims there is hiss. i hear great sound, good ambiance and soundstaging. the performance by Thomas is 1st rate, a bit more studied and perhaps less passionate than some, but very revealing of Mahler's use of the orchestra. Sound balance and frequency extremes are very good too.
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