Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink - Mahler: Symphony Nos. 5 & 10 (Decca Pure Analogue) SAMURAI PIZZA CATS Symbolic received widespread critical acclaim

Symbolic received widespread critical acclaim when it was originally released and has been regarded as one of the greatest death metal albums of all time

comparing its mood and texture to Massive Attack

and even Cannonball Adderley at his headiest & most cosmic (listen to Adderley’s Soul Zodiac & Soul of The Bible albums for reference)

Pianist Marcel Worm’s solo version of “Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka” is as beautiful as anything we’ve ever heard

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink - Mahler: Symphony Nos. 5 & 10 (Decca Pure Analogue) SAMURAI PIZZA CATS Symbolic received widespread critical acclaimBernard Haitinks Mahler has always been one of the glories of the Philips catalogue and the set of the 5th Symphony and Adagio from the 10th comes from the analogue cycle he made in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This 1970 recording was made quadraphonically in Amsterdams Concertgebouw and was praised by Gramophone for having that special clarity which comes from a close balance.