GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 - "Symphony Of A Thousand"
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Live Recording - 1975
Vienna Phiharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Sängerknaben
Edda Moser, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Ingrid Mayr, Agnes Baltsa, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, José van Dam
Directed by Humphrey Burton
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The DVD release of Bernstein's Mahler cycle is a mess. It was shot on film, so could now receive a spectacular high definition Bluray edition... but alas, we're stuck with this botched transfer from 2005. Still, it cleans up well... and honestly... it's Bernstein conducting Mahler. There's not much on this earth as gorgeous as Bernstein conducting Mahler. So I'll forgive pretty much anything.