Can Yannick hack Mahler?
mainFrom the Lebrecht Album of the Week on scena.org, MusicalToronto and OpenLettersMonthly:
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s interpretation of Mahler’s first symphony is beautifully played by Munich’s (some say Germany’s) best orchestra and thoughtfully structured by an impressive guest conductor. I think I am safe in saying that it is conceptually different from any of the 120 Mahler Firsts on record, stretching all the way back to Dimitri Mitropolous’s towering Minnesota performance for Columbia in April 1940. And that’s no small distinction in a much-repeated piece.
So where is Yannick going with it? Read on here or here.
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