Mahler: the People's Edition
Over 5000 votes have been cast in our Mahler web-poll, over 400 customers have submitted their suggestions for a complete Mahler Symphony cycle ... and now we know who will appear in the People's Edition: All great performances, many of them already legendary. These are classic performances from DG's ling and illustrious catalog, but this set has a special resonance, reflecting as it does the opinions and preferences of our customers. All those who voted will see their names printed in the CD booklet. LIMITED EDITION at a special budget price.
Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan'
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) & Christa Ludwig (mezzo)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Zubin Mehta
Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Anna Larsson (contralto)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Edith Mathis (soprano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand'
Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Augér, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk & Martti Talvela
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Sängerknaben, Georg Solti
Symphony No. 9 in D major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major
(Ed. Deryck Cooke)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Riccardo Chailly
