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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5 - Conducted by Wyn Morris
FLAC, cue, unknown rip, no log, no scans | 413 MB, RS
Classical | Label: IMP, Released: 1993 | Recorded: 1973

Wyn Morris (1929 – 2010) was especially acknowledged for his interpretations of Gustav Mahler's works, which he recorded almost complete during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first to record Deryck Cooke's second performing version of Mahler's Symphony No. 10 in 1972, only the third time a recording of the work had been made. His recordings remain in the catalog for study and enjoyment. Once described as a "Celtic Furtwängler", Morris was an inspirational and at times spontaneous musician.

Finnish composer Kalevi Aho's music has charted a fascinating course. He began his career, as did so many other Finnish composers, in the shadow of Sibelius, and his Second Symphony plainly demonstrates the debt, with its brooding mix of darkly Finnish melody and tightly contrapuntal construction. But instead of remaining a mere Sibelius clone, Aho broke through to a much more wide-ranging and eclectic musical language, redolent of Shostakovich and Mahler, perhaps, but quite …..

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