Mahler: Symphony No 8 | CD review

Diener/Banse/Naef/Griffey/Powell/Abdrazakov/Swiss Chamber Choir/WDR Radio Choir Cologne/Zurich Tonhalle O/Zinman (RCA)Just two releases to go now in David Zinman's Zurich-sourced Mahler cycle, which has maintained a remarkably high standard as it has moved chronologically through the symphonies. Zinman's account of the Eighth follows its predecessors in being remarkably free of mannerisms or neurosis; the affirmation of faith that comes with the huge Veni Creator Spiritus hymn, which makes up th...

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