Review: Mahler: Symphony No 4 (Osmo Vänskä)
Vänskä and the Minnesotans turn in heaven-sent Mahler.
Greg Keane has been a Limelight contributor since 2008. He is a copywriter and has also lectured in music appreciation in the adult education sector. He has a prodigious collection of LPs and was previously a producer (aka the Dark Lord of Vinyl) of ABC Classic FM.
Vänskä and the Minnesotans turn in heaven-sent Mahler.
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