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In Reply to: RE: List 4 or 5 recordings YOU consider "definitive" posted by blakey on May 18, 2020 at 10:12:56:
This was, I believe, Neumann's last recording. He and the CzPO were working through the cycle again (recording for Canyon this time around, rather than for Supraphon, with SQ much improved), and after this Ninth, they had only the 7th and the 8th to go. In fact, when Neumann died in Vienna, I believe he had just been in the process of rehearsing the VPO for a concert he was to do with them of the Mahler 7th.Anyway, I've always loved all three of the Neumann Mahler 9th performances (with the LGO on Eterna / Berlin Classics, and the CzPO on Supraphon/Denon and Canyon/Exton). I felt particularly fortunate to have obtained the MCh incarnation of his last recording on an Exton SACD. There have been many wonderful recordings of this work, but this last Neumann/CzPO album is really special IMHO.
In the late 60's, we had a local critic in our area who, even at that time, contended that Neumann's performances of Mahler were the nearest thing we had to a continuation of the Bruno Walter approach to this music, and on this point, I agree with him. In fact, I felt this even more strongly as Neumann's career continued.
I'm showing the cover of my Exton incarnation of this recording (except that mine has a small "5 Surround" graphic down in the lower right-hand corner). There's a later Exton incarnation of this recording, also SACD and part of their "Gold Line" series - I haven't been able to find out whether the "Gold Line" incarnation contains MCh tracks too (Exton is a weird company in the way they manage the various incarnations of their recordings!)
Edits: 05/18/20
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Follow Ups
- Love your Mahler 9 choice! - Chris from Lafayette 12:49:05 05/18/20 (2)
- RE: Love your Mahler 9 choice! - blakey 16:30:40 05/18/20 (1)
- Not that I don't like the other recordings you list [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 20:25:18 05/18/20 (0)
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