Paulo J.P-Braga ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Berkshire continues to offer a 14-CD set by Q-Disc which contains some
>enticing things, among them a performance of the beatiful and rare
>Stravinsky's Threni, the Wesendonck Lieder with Baker and many other
>treats.
>
>Two questions: what about the technical quality of the recordings and
>which Mahler symphony is included - 6th or 9th (have seen diverging
>references)?

The discs I've heard (DSCH 10, Bruckner 7 and Mahler 6) have all sounded
very good.

It is, as I said above, Mahler 6 not 9 (there's a spectacular live 9 in the
Kerstmatinee box).  Not IMHO a great performance, although I've rarely if
ever heard the wind parts brought out so clearly.

deryk barker
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