Conductor Semyon Bychkov was recently interviewed by James Jolly (Gramophone), as he looks back on recording Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 as the culmination of his complete Mahler cycle with PENTATONE and the Czech Philharmonic.
In this in-depth feature for the magazine’s April issue, Bychkov reflects on the artistic, technical, and philosophical challenges of recording Mahler’s massive Eighth Symphony—and how the project represents an evolving search for meaning rather than a finished achievement.
Read the interview here and pre-order the complete Mahler Symphonies (1-9) boxset, available from April 10th.
