
It is something of an outlier, dispatching the symphony in under 67 minutes, whereas the others I've heard (Rattle/Berlin, Gielen, Harding) run well over 70 minutes. It's lean and exceptionally transparent (a little like Barshai, though that conductor performs his own realisation). The difference comes mainly in the first and last movements, where Martinon takes under 21 minutes while the others are around 25.
I wouldn't want this to be my only recording of the 10th, but I wouldn't want to be without it either. It seems to me valid on its own terms. The pervasive foreboding that runs through this symphony is less subtle-it's right out in the open. However, the classical virtues of clarity and proportion prevent it from turning into a shriek-fest



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Martinon Chicago SO Mahler 10 - Paul Breslin January 30, 2026, 6:10 pm
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