Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 5, 7, 8 (BBC SO/Boult) [Pristine Audio, 3CD] These bracing live 1947-48 recordings capture the BBC SO and Adrian Boult tackling three of Mahler’s most ambitious middle symphonies. The Fifth’s stormy opening gives way to the famous Adagietto, rendered with poignant restraint. Boult drives the Seventh’s “night music” movements with purpose, finding […]