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"Five Stars ... one to rank alongside the blistering performance of the Sixth ..." - BBC Music Magazine "... there is much to admire, especially in the svelte orchestral playing and vividly rich sound ... the relaxed, playful side of the Fourth does chime with Michael Tilson Thomas's approach more convincingly than in some of the starker dramatic works of the Mahler canon." - The Guardian "The performance's sheer technical perfection, never mind the fact that it was edited from a series of live performances, attests to the exceptionally high standards prevailing in San Francisco ... the polish of the playing is complemented by abundant interpretive insight ... there are too many 'highlights' to list here ... supporting this extraordinary interpretive achievement is the best engineering so far. The stereo sonics are marvellous: richly detailed and natural in perspective, with a brilliant top and rock-solid bass ... no one who loves Mahler or this symphony can afford to pass it by." - ClassicsToday.com Recorded live in late September 2003, noted Mahlerian Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony on Mahler's popular Symphony No. 4, considered one of the composer's most melodic and cheerful symphonies. This album is one volume in the complete Mahler cycle Thomas recorded with the SFS between 2001 and 2009, a series that won a combined seven Grammy Awards and received worldwide critical acclaim.