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 | | The whole, massive one-movement symphony blossoms from one instrument's solo, a stupendously eerie trumpet phrase which, through wonderfully inventive developments (among them, a stunning funeral march) leads us to the shatteringly percussive climax. |
 | | If the live-recorded Chicagoans bring their special plus of virtuosity to the 2nd and 3rd, the Detroit Symphony matches them in the other two (I'd even say that they produce a more "viennese" sound). |
 | | Richly warm, well-detailed Chandos engineering, fuller in the Detroit studio recordings, Among the (too few!) Schmidt cycles currently on the market, this is surely the first choice but, if you can find it, also get the Gramophone Award-winner recording of the 4th by Franz Welser-Most and the LPO on EMI, it's really special. |
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