Mahler: Symphony No. 9 - VALERY GERGIEV / LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (HYBRID SACD)

Gergiev paces and balances [the opening's] unfolding finely, from halting start via macabre climax to nostalgic fade-out. The ensuing Landler movement duly comes as a shock as Mahler doubtless intended...The sardonic contrapuntal capers of the Rondo Burleske third movement are also played for force here...Thereafter, the reading comes back into focus, with the climax passionately delivered and an unfailing concentration in those infinitely drawn-out dying bars. --BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE   1        Andante comodo    27:022        Im Tempo Eines Gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas Täppisch Und Sehr Derb    15:103        Rondo-Burleske: Allegro Assai. Sehr Trotzig    12:354        Adagio. Sehr Langsam Und Noch Zurückhaltend    24:24