MAHLER: SYMPHONY No. 7 - Tilson-Thomas, San Francisco Symphony (HYBRID SACD)

The San Francisco Symphony are on top form - oboist William Bennett deserves special praise for his lovely solos in the fourth movement - though in high-lying passages the violins often sound strident… It's in the finale that the new recording wins out, not just for its gleaming brilliance but for its exuberant mischievousness. -- Gramophone