Mahler: Symphony No. 3 - Bernstein, NYPO (2007) [2.0 & 5.1] PS3 ISO & FLAC

One can hardly believe the SACD sound Sony has achieved here, trumping even the "Carnegie Hall Presents" remaster! It is almost unbelievable that the original sound we were able to hear back in 1961 has been so revived from that original recorded in New York's Manhattan Center.

The Third was among the first and most successful of Bernstein's Mahler recordings. Leonard Bernstein's reading is refreshingly unmannered and free from overstatement. There is no lack of drama or tension in the long first movement: the inner movements are done with great charm and the second in particular is quite winning. Matha Lipton is in top form in the fourth movement, "0 Mensch, 0 Mensch!". Her voice has excellent quality and she sings with great feeling. The singing of the boys' choir in the fifth movement is fresh and vigorous in the finale. The recording is beautifully engineered. The acoustic is warm and open, detail emerges clearly and the perspective is for the most part truthful. Strongly recommended! - Gramophone

Artists::
Martha Lipton, (Mezzo Soprano)
Women's Chorus of The Schola Cantorum
Boys' Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, Conductor
Studio recording, New York, 1961

Movements:
ISO/SACD Disc 1:
I. Kräftig. Entschieden

ISO/SACD Disc 2:
II. Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mässig
III. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
IV. Sehr langsam. Misterioso
V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck
VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden

FLAC Tracks 24bit/88,2 kHz Stereo:
I. Kräftig. Entschieden
II. Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mässig
III. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
IV. Sehr langsam. Misterioso
V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck
VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden