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Lucy Duran meets London's Colombian community as part of the World Routes Academy.

Building a Library – Mahler

Recommended recordings

Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand'

Reviewer: Julian Johnson
Broadcast: 26th November 2011

Recommended sets include

  • Cheryl Studer, Sylvia McNair and Andrea Rost (sopranos), Anne Sofie von Otter and Rosemarie Lang (altos), Peter Seiffert (tenor), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Berlin Radio Choir, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Tolz Boys’ Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
    DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4458432 (2CD)

Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Reviewer: Richard Wigmore
Broadcast: 11th June 2011

First Choice Recommendation:

  • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
    DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4596462 (CD)

Symphony no. 10

Reviewer: Stephen Johnson
Broadcast: 19th March 2011

First Choice Recommendation:

  • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
    EMI Classics 5569722 (CD)

Ruckert-Lieder

Reviewer: Hilary Finch
Broadcast: 6th November 2009

First Choice Recommendation:

  • (c/w Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)
  • Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) / Halle Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
    EMI 5669812 (CD)

Das Lied von der Erde

Reviewer: Stephen Johnson
Broadcast: 26th September 2009

First Choice Recommendation:

  • Alfreda Hodgson (alto) / John Mitchinson (tenor) / BBC Northern Symphony / Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
    BBC Legends BBCL4042-2 (CD, Mid Price)

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