 | from Mahler: Symphony No 9 (CDHLD7541) 1 Andante comodo [27'57] 81 minutes 56 seconds 4 tracks2 Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers, etwas täppisch und sehr derb [15'54] 3 Rondo-Burleske: Allegro assai, sehr trotzig [12'55] 4 Adagio: Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend [25'10] ‘Elder has a cool, clear, carefully ordered take on the outer movements … the concluding pages of the finale, patiently unfolded and calm rather than death-haunted, would seem to have been listen ...  BBC Music Magazine‘Elder eschews folksy sentiment in the Ländler rhythms of the second movement, and his lean string textures favour the woodwinds’ grotesque humour in the Rondo-Burleske. The final Adagio, conceived as ... |