Apart from his reputation as an acclaimed conductor and founder of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai is perhaps best known to classical listeners for his completion of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major, which he recorded in 2001 and released on the Laurel label. It appeared on Brilliant Classics in a pairing with his 1999 recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. This recording has been separated from the Tenth in this 2010 reissue, and the live ...
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Apart from his reputation as an acclaimed conductor and founder of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai is perhaps best known to classical listeners for his completion of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major, which he recorded in 2001 and released on the Laurel label. It appeared on Brilliant Classics in a pairing with his 1999 recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. This recording has been separated from the Tenth in this 2010 reissue, and the live performance of the Fifth now shines on its own, without the other work overshadowing it. Indeed, this is hardly filler but one of the composer's best-known masterpieces, and the performance is of such high technical caliber, vibrant instrumental color, expressive passion, and physical vitality, it could well have been the draw that persuaded some to try Barshai's version of Mahler's last and less familiar symphony. The Fifth has long enjoyed an immense popularity that is matched only by...
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