Mahler Symphony No. 2

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 2011, this disc has 5.1 dts Master Audio 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 is the Blu-ray version of the same title that came out on HD DVD back in the days when the "format war" was still going on. For a lot more information, try our review of Mahler Symphony No. 2, which covers both the Blu-ray and HD DVD versions.

At this point, however, we will explain why the grade on this title has been reduced from A (for the HD DVD) version to B+ for the Blu-ray. Although the keep case cover and the vendor's literature say that the Blu-ray title has subtitles, it does not. Somehow the subtitles got lost in the disc authorship process for the Blu-ray. So we downgrade this for now and hope that EuroArts will do a recall, etc. See the link to the review above for more information and our partial patch for this defect in the disc.