Mahler Symphony No. 2 (HD DVD)

Mahler Symphony No. 2. Pierre Boulez conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle and the Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin in 2005. Soloists are Diana Damrau (soprano) and Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano). Released 2008, this is an HD DVD disc with 5.1 Dolby TrueHD sound.    Grade: 

This was recorded in Berlin at the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Pierre Boulez was guest conductor for this performance honoring his 80th birthday. If it turns out that God is a woman, then She will probably look like Petra Lang singing here. This came out back in the days when the "format war" was still going on, and this was the first concert disc ever published in HDVD form for home theaters. It took EuroArts about three years to get around to republishing this in Blu-ray late in 2011. (During the waiting time, we kept our HD DVD player for no other reason than to be able to watch this  title.) For a lot more information, try our review of Mahler Symphony No. 2, which covers both the Blu-ray and HD DVD versions.