Over the past two months, Limelight’s panel of critics has been busy scrutinising the 50 outstanding recordings that made the not-­so-­shortlist for our 2021 Recording of the Year. And the winner is – cue fanfare – the Minnesota Orchestra’s magnificently engineered disc of Mahler’s Symphony No 10 in a gripping, fresh and imaginative interpretation by Music Director Osmo Vänskä.

It appears on the always impressive Swedish label BIS (BIS BIS2396) and is also honoured as our Orchestral Recording of the Year.

Recording of the Year & Orchestral Recording of the Year

Recording of the Year & Orchestral Recording of the Year

Mahler
Symphony No 10
Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä
BIS BIS2396

“If, like me, you’ve always regarded Mahler’s Tenth...