"Zander analyzes the work in his own inimitable way... the perfect tool to help us further open the door to great music."
- Chicago Daily Herald, Bill Gowan
"[Zander] inspires superlative orchestral playing and brings out the music's warmth, passion and anguish... must rank high among memorable accounts of the great work."
- The Sunday Telegraph (London)
"The way he structures the symphony is exemplary: he makes use of everything the orchestra can do (a captivated Philharmonia) They can make the music surge with astounding power..."
- Repertoire
"Zander understands Mahler’s unconventional methods and structure…The orchestra plays with astonishing independence and involvement…this is the kind of profoundly emotional performance that carries all before it."
- The Boston Globe
"This is one of the most spiritual and exhilarating accounts on disc since Bruno Walter made the work’s initial recording in 1938…unequivocally recommendable."
- CDNow.com
"This Mahler Ninth is outstanding…Zander’s Mahler is expressive and emotional…Mahler’s multitude of musical details are diligently observed."
- American Record Guide
"This is a great performance…Zander proves his stature as a Mahlerian…This set belongs on the same shelf as a select few Mahler Ninths."
- The Sunday Times (London)
"Zander has been rightly described as one of the most able communicators since Leonard Bernstein."
- The Independent (London)
"…points out thematic connections where one might not notice them…a superb performance."
- Classic CD
"This is certainly the most enlightening, and inspiring, Ninth in many years…anybody’s spine should thrill to it."
- Financial Times (London)
"…holds its head high in the crowded Mahler discography…this is big, hyperemotional, Leonard Bernstein-style Mahler…Zander has a wonderful musicality."
- USA Today
