Mahler 
Symphony No 5 
Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä
BIS BIS2226

Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra’s Mahler has all the hallmarks of their much-praised Sibelius series: excellent orchestral balance, polished playing from the soloists, and a feel for creating atmosphere. The recording quality is absolutely first-rate too: clear, realistic and clean.

This is not a work that has languished in the doldrums recording-wise, but Vänskä has an individual take on it. He does not...