Mahler: Symphony No 3 – review

Fink/Netherlands Radio Choir/Royal Concertgebouw O/Jansons(RCO Live)No orchestra has a greater Mahler pedigree than the Concertgebouw, beginning in the early 20th century under Willem Mengelberg, and continuing under successive music directors – Van Beinum, Haitink, Chailly – right up to the present day. In terms of sound and playing, this version of the Third Symphony, from concerts last year under the orchestra's current chief, Mariss Jansons, is as good as any. But whether Jansons's inter...

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