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Mahler: Symphony No. 8.(Sound Recording Review)
Mahler: Symphony No. 8. Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and Youth Chorus; London Symphony Chorus; Toronto Children's Chorus. EMI 7243 5 57945-2.
I suppose Mahler's works contain enough varied and eccentric material to satisfy almost any listener and to find favor with people who are predisposed to almost any conductor and any interpretation. Think of maestros as different in temperament as Bernard Haitink and Georg Solti both finding success in the man's music. It should come as no surprise, then, that many listeners will favor this new and admittedly electric new version from Sir Simon Rattle and his old orchestra from the City of Birmingham, accompanied by a host of soloists and choruses.
Nevertheless, the "Symphony of a Thousand" has always been the one Mahler symphony I've liked least, and not even Rattle can make it work for me. It's big and it's noisy and it just never seems to come together as a single entity. That appears ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Mahler: Symphony No. 8.(Sound Recording Review)