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MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO.5

Pentatone PTC5187021 (24/96 WAV). 2022. Holger Urbach, prod.; Holger Urbach, Stephan Reh, engs.

For many Mahler lovers, the heart-tugging Adagietto of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony (1901–1902) makes or breaks the, the Adagietto surfaces after two movements filled with terror and dread and a third movement whose curious waltz begins to sweep the pain away.

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