Review: Mahler: Symphony No 1 (Minnesota Orchestra/Vänskä)
Vänskä’s Mahler One is not quite the sum of its parts.
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’s Mahler One is not quite the sum of its parts.
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Lan Shui proves you don’t have to be French to sound Gallic.
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