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A Super Audio CD player is required to take advantage of the SACD sound technology. Mahler: Symphony No 2 / Fischer, Remmert, Milne, Et Al Classical Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Fischer's Mahler 2: Lean, Tight - Alas, Weak 5th Mvmnt
I got this SACD hoping lots. I have heard Fischer on recordings - his Bartok sings and shines, and live in concert - a Schubert Ninth Sym that laid out the symphony whole. First off, the basic sound of the Budapest Festival Orch is quite attractive: lean, muscular, clear textures. I found myself wondering if an old George Szell reading might have sounded a bit like Fischer. I grew up on the legendary Bruno Walter NYP set, so have high expectations in this symphony. By the time we get to the Urlicht movement, things are weakening. Birgit Remmert just doesn't hold a contralto candle to singers like Maureen Forrester, or Christa Ludwig, or Jesseye Norman. After that down-scaling, still carefully sung, the last movement disappointed me too. I just wasn't lifted and carried away in the fresco of the symphony's end. Not my cup of tea then. I still cherish the legacy RBCD's, like Walter/NYP, Klemperer/PO, and Kaplan's first outing (LSO, also w M. Forrester). Boulez' latest version with Vienna is sizzling, and much better sung than not. Stay tuned for the near future Zinman/Tonhalle Zurich, coming in May 2007?
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 Simply the best
The advent of SACD multichannel sound has produced a sizeable number of recordings that have enhanced our ability to replicate the concert hall experience in our own homes. When it comes to an orchestral/choral work for large forces, this recording simply does it better than any other I've ever heard. Not only is the sound outstanding, the interpretation is almost equally impressive. SACD alternatives include Gilbert Kaplan on DG and Michael Tilson Thomas on SFS, both fine, but both surpassed by Maestro Fischer and the Channel Classics engineers.
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