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Sep 5, 2015 at 2:36 AM Post #5,596 of 9,368
Any recommendations for the mahler cycle?

any other recommendations welcome!


I can't recommend a full cycle. If I had to, maybe Kubelik?


Do single discs:


That's the way to go.

1st: Horenstein, LSO
2d: Kubelik, Bavarians. And several others (Klemperer, Tennstedt, Stokowski)
3d: Horenstein, LSO
5th: Solti, Chicago 1970
6th: Bernstein, Vienna
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 4:39 AM Post #5,599 of 9,368
  Was at the proms yesterday listening to mahler 4... It's so beautiful, just too beautiful
 
Any recommendations for the mahler cycle?
 
i have bernstein rattle boulez and gergiev
 
any other recommendations welcome!

Besides the other ones already recommended I would say Bertini on EMI if you have to have a complete cycle. But of course it is better to go with single discs, for example:
 
1. Kubelik or Walter
2. Walter 
3. Horenstein
4. Bernstein (DG)
5. Bernsteing (DG)
6. Barbirolli (EMI)
7. Rattle (EMI, CBSO)
8. Solti (Decca)
9. Klemperer (EMI)
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 6:30 AM Post #5,600 of 9,368
Guys, if you got the dough why not have the glow and perhaps plant some glow bulbs in a pretty vase for a rainy day - just in case!
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Mahler - Symphony No 4 - Abbado


 
Sep 5, 2015 at 6:49 AM Post #5,601 of 9,368
Any good recordings of Mahler, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Chopin or Mendelssohn on Tidal that you would recommend? Apologies if someone had already asked this somewhere in the 5600 posts. And yes Tidal can't compare with good CD presses. Just looking to build a streaming collection before investing in hard music.
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 8:25 AM Post #5,602 of 9,368
Any good recordings of Mahler, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Chopin or Mendelssohn on Tidal that you would recommend? Apologies if someone had already asked this somewhere in the 5600 posts. And yes Tidal can't compare with good CD presses. Just looking to build a streaming collection before investing in hard music.


Don't worry, we're not here to discuss the merits of Tidal vs. CD.
 
Strauss: Alpine Symph - HvK/Berlin
Strauss: Don Quixote - HvK/BPO, with Fournier (cello)
Chopin: Argerich, Lipatti, Kovacevich, Pires, Pollini, Rubinstein.
Beeth, Mozart, Mahler: see my link here
https://sites.google.com/site/canadianmaestrosaudiosystem/desert-island-recordings
 
take your time....it's worth it.
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 8:31 AM Post #5,603 of 9,368
Speaking of Chopin, it's definitely worth checking out the Vietnamese pianist Dang Thai Son. Exquisite playing... Listening to his piano concertos atm while reading musicophilia :)
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 8:53 AM Post #5,604 of 9,368
  Besides the other ones already recommended I would say Bertini on EMI if you have to have a complete cycle.


Thanks, that Bertini set is gonna be in the house for sure! A "romantic", slower Mahler would be novel to me and a refreshing change from Bernstein's manic tendencies.
 
 
I'm not keen on Horenstein, can't listen past the hiss of his recs.
Kubelik is great for #1, 2, and 5 -- the rest ....
 
cheers
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 11:58 AM Post #5,605 of 9,368
Dorati's 1812...and the Wellington Victory by Beethoven: stupendous sound image on floor spkrs!




If any of you have a Reel to Reel Player, I have this Dorati Recording, without the means to play it:cry:. Please let me know if you are interested...
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 3:01 PM Post #5,606 of 9,368
Still going through this disc, but it was the first time in a while I was legit pant-peeingly startled by a piece (brass entrance in the symphony). John Eargle really did some primo work with Dallas for their Delos recordings:

 
Sep 5, 2015 at 5:18 PM Post #5,607 of 9,368
 
 
I'm not keen on Horenstein, can't listen past the hiss of his recs.
 
 

I dont own all recordings by Horenstein, but his Mahler 3 is a studio recording in excellent analog sound, no hiss there. On other composers you can check his Brahms 1st and Dvorak New World. They are simply amazing interpretations in stunning sound.  
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 5:32 PM Post #5,608 of 9,368
I dont own all recordings by Horenstein, but his Mahler 3 is a studio recording in excellent analog sound, no hiss there. On other composers you can check his Brahms 1st and Dvorak New World. They are simply amazing interpretations in stunning sound.


Yup. The sonically problematic ones are mostly on Vox (no surprise).
 
Sep 5, 2015 at 6:04 PM Post #5,610 of 9,368
Is this the album?
 

 
EDIT: This is a Live rec. Sounded pretty good on iTunes.
 
Another one is this (blue cover), that Tony Duggan likes a lot on his reference Mahler recs blog.
 

 

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