'This is probably the best-played and most vividly engineered recording of Mahler's First Symphony I've yet heard. The strings are silky, the woodwind solos dewy fresh, and the brass retain a brilliance from the first climax to the last.' - Gramophone
'This recording receives my highest recommendation, and becomes my first choice among digital Firsts.' - Fanfare
The San Francisco Symphony with Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas begin offering reissues of their award-winning and critically acclaimed Mahler cycle with Symphony No. 1, in Hybrid SACD format and packaged in SACD jewel cases. Mahler's Symphony No. 1 was one of the most stunning debuts in symphonic music history. This powerful and passionate performance of Mahler's Titan was recorded during the SFS concerts of 19 - 23 September 2001, and captures the live-performance excitement of the Grammy-winning conductor-symphony partnership that the Los Angeles Times declared "the most exciting Mahler combination anywhere right now."