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P-G classical music critic Andrew Druckenbrod blogs about classical music. |
this is a repost from Tues.
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News of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra winning an International Classical Music Award (ICMA) trophy for its Exton recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 came out earlier, but yesterday VP Robert Moir received the hardware at its annual Award Ceremony in Nantes, France. The recording is conducted by music director Manfred Honeck and feature soprano Sunhae.
By the way, Exton just released the PSO's recording of Mahler Symphony No. 5. Like the others, it is clean and powerful, but my personal take is the same as when I heard it in 2011 so I am not going to review it again (these are all live recordings, over 3 concerts in Heinz Hall with a patch session). You can purchase them at the PSO's website or at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., downtown.