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Gustav Mahler's Symphonies: Critical Commentary on Recordings Since 1986, Vol. 66 »

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Authors: Lewis M. Smoley
ISBN-13: 9780313297717, ISBN-10: 0313297711
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: September 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Lewis M. Smoley

LEWIS M. SMOLEY is the author of The Symphonies of Gustav Mahler: A Critical Discography (Greenwood, 1986), a companion volume to this work.

Book Synopsis

Critically reviews all recordings of Mahler's symphonies released since 1986. Together with Smoley's earlier volume (1986), virtually every commercial recording ever released of Mahler's symphonies is discussed in an objective manner.

Booknews

Reviews and rates recordings of Mahler's symphonies since 1986, including reissues and videotape recordings, and excluding most private recordings. Listings are in alphabetical order by last name of the conductor, and include names of orchestras, choruses, and soloists, as well as recording data, dates of issue, and total timings. Provides indices to conductors, orchestras, soloists, choruses, and record labels. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Symphony No.1 in D Major ("Titan")1
Symphony No.2 in C Minor ("Resurrection")33
Symphony No.3 in D Minor59
Symphony No.4 in G Major81
Symphony No.5 in C-sharp Minor107
Symphony No.6 in A Minor ("Tragic")141
Symphony No.7 in E Minor ("Song of the Night")167
Symphony No.8 in E-flat Major ("Symphony of a Thousand")189
Das Lied von der Erde205
Symphony No.9 in D Major225
Symphony No.10 in F-sharp Major (Unfinished)255
Biography268
Index to Conductors269
Index to Orchestras284
Index to Soloists298
Index to Choruses322
Index to Record Labels334

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