Record Prize 2008

Jury:
Lothar Brandt, Stuttgart, Dietmar Holland, Munich, Christine Lemke-Matwey, Berlin, Thomas Schulz, Munich, President: Attila Csampai, Munich 

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Category A: republishing

Gustav Mahler: “Das Lied von der Erde”
Alto, Maureen Forrester; tenor, Richard Lewis
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Fritz Reiner
 
recording: 9 novembre 1959, Orchestra Hall Chicago (WVÖ 2008)

SonyBMG 88697 08281 2 (Hybrid-3.0-SACD)

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Category B: new productions

Gustav Mahler: Symphony n. 4 G major
Soprano, Christine Schäfer;
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
conductor: Bernard Haitink
 
recording: 7 novembre 2006, Concertgebouw Amsterdam RCO live 07003/Codaex (Hybrid-SACD)

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Category C: special price

To Dame Janet Baker for the extraordinary interpretation of the Mahler lieder and especially for the production with EMI of the „Rückert-Lieder“, „Kindertotenlieder“, „Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen“ conducted by Sir John Barbirolli in 1967 and 1969.

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