by Kenneth Woods | Sep 28, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
There is a review from critic David Patmore in the current issue of Classical Recordings Quarterly of the new Orchestra of the Swan recording of Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Das Lied von der Erde on Somm Recordings. The complete review is...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 19, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
A new review at the Classical Source from Peter Reed of the new Orchestra of the Swan recording of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen on Somm. Read the whole thing here. A short sample follows: …The three singers are...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
A new review of our new Orchestra of the Swan Mahler disc in the Birmingham Post by senior critic Christopher Morley. The Post doesn’t have CD reviews on their website, so the complete review is below. MAHLER: LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN, DAS LIED...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 16, 2011 | Mahler, Nuts and bolts
There are few more contentious subjects amongst Mahlerians than the order of movements in the 6th Symphony. As part of the Performer’s Perspective series last year, I tried to explain what a big and fairly complicated question it is. More recently, as part of my...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 11, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
From the June 10, 2011 Nottingham Post Orchestra Of The Swan/Soloists: Mahler Lieder Contralto Emma Curtis displays ardour in Mahler’s hour-long Song Of The Earth, with Brennen Guillory in the role of tipsy tenor. This setting of poems from the Chinese...
by Kenneth Woods | May 26, 2011 | Mahler
I read this review of a performance of Mahler 1 today: “Among the rare highlights were the impressively unisono Frère Jacques (played by the basses in tutti with just the right amount of dread)” Jens F Laurson, reviewing the London Symphony Orchestra playing Mahler 1...
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