How I have waited!"The recording will be released on the Naxos historical label in June of this year.
"The recordings were made on wax cylinders and were found in the attic of Anna Mahler's old home in London by the new owners 12 year old son who thought they were old WWI bomb shells. His parents noticed the name Mahler and Munich, 1910 on one cylinder and became intrigued. The cylinders were authenticated by the Gustav Mahler Society in Vienna, who called the find the most important discovery in classical music recording history."
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Topic - At last! Mahler's own recording of the Eighth Symphony to be issued on CD. - clarkjohnsen 11:38:17 04/06/07 (14)
- The first commercial Mahler symphony recording -- - rbolaw 16:26:50 04/07/07 (2)
- Maybe forty years ago a friend and I dubbed it -- with better sound than the Naxos! - clarkjohnsen 10:52:10 04/09/07 (0)
- And that *is* available on CD from Naxos. (nt) - Russell 22:49:16 04/07/07 (0)
- It's from the GustavMahler Board, but you have to join to, ah, *get it*. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:06:49 04/07/07 (1)
- Re: Check the date on the post. April fools. - Jim Willis 10:46:37 04/07/07 (0)
- Re: Oh, man.... - Jim Willis 06:22:14 04/07/07 (0)
- Re: At last! Mahler's own recording of the Eighth Symphony to be issued on CD. - Logan 05:10:03 04/07/07 (0)
- Re: At last! Mahler's own recording of the Eighth Symphony to be issued on CD. - weinhen 15:08:03 04/06/07 (0)
- hard to believe - Luciano,IT 12:02:18 04/06/07 (1)
- There were at least 1,000 who knew...BRILLIANT... - SE 13:07:02 04/06/07 (0)
- Did He Do His First Symphony? ..... - Todd Krieger 11:42:48 04/06/07 (3)
- You'll have to purchase the box set of the cylinder to find out!:-) n/t - SE 13:02:53 04/06/07 (2)
- I can't keep up with technology - gd 14:09:55 04/06/07 (1)
- ...and I forgot to mention. It's in SURROUND sound... - SE 14:19:00 04/06/07 (0)