[Pre Order] Bernard Haitink – Mahler: Symphony No.5; Adagio (Symphony No. 10) – LP *

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Release Date: May 8, 2026

MIXED AND MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL PHILIPS QUADRAPHONIC TAPES

Bernard Haitinks Mahler has always been one of the glories of the Philips catalogue and the set of the 5th Symphony and Adagio from the 10th comes from the analogue cycle he made in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This 1970 recording was made quadraphonically in Amsterdams Concertgebouw and was praised by Gramophone for having that special clarity which comes from a close balance.

For this release Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios has used the original, four-track quadraphonic master tape to make a new stereo mix sent directly to the cutter head. This preserves a pure analogue path throughout. The Philips engineers of the 1970s would similarly have mixed the four front and rear channels before cutting but this downmix would have resulted in a two-track stereo copy for mastering, whereas here the lacquer is cut directly from a live mix into stereo from the four Quad channels.

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Side A: Symphony No.5 in C Sharp Minor
I. Trauermarsch (In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt Pltzlich schneller. Leidenschaftlich. Wild Tempo I)
II. Strmisch bewegt. Mit grbter Vehemenz Bedeutend langsamer Tempo I subito

Side B: Symphony No.5 (cont.)
III. Scherzo (Krftig, nicht zu schnell)

Side C: Symphony No.5 (concl.)
IV. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)
V. Rondo-Finale (Allegro)

Side D: Symphony No.10 in F Sharp Major (unfinished)
Andante Adagio