OK.Icancelled my Solti order.
I am someone who enjoys Mahler, Bruckner and Bartok, but I am far from an expert, far from it. I have a good hifi (DHT) system. I'll leave it at that.
I want to have a single Mahler symphony cycle on Red Book CDs, as main listening source. Interpretively, it needs to be "above average" with some very good performances and no complete clunkers.
Good recordings are a must.
I have looked through the two general reviews on your kind replies to my first post. Here are the ones I have come up with. Which one would suit me the most, do you think?
A. Rafael Kubelik's cycle on DG (463 738-2)
B. Bernard Haitink's studio cycle on Philips (4420502)
C. Bertini Colgne Radio Symphony (EMI)
D. Gielen SO Baden-Baden and Freiberg (Haansler Classic)
Thanks for your patience.
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Topic - A second Mahler symphonies cycle thread, if you don't mind - Frihed89 01:19:30 08/12/12 (39)
- Sorry to blow your requirement, but single cycle is impossible - jdaniel@jps.net 00:23:02 08/18/12 (2)
- Quite... - Paul_A 12:04:31 08/18/12 (1)
- RE: Quite... - pbarach 13:41:59 08/18/12 (0)
- I would get the first Bernstein cycle and supplement it. - Daverz 10:34:53 08/14/12 (0)
- Another vote for Gielen, but...... - Chuck Y 10:21:46 08/14/12 (0)
- I'd choose Gielen, but... - Kas 08:30:54 08/14/12 (0)
- Well, no one has said it yet, but... - Paul_A 08:25:00 08/13/12 (11)
- Nope, Gielen does do each equally well. - Thornhill 19:55:58 08/20/12 (0)
- My list of less "attractive" alternatives (i.e. mostly mono) - Poles Apart 12:01:36 08/17/12 (0)
- "...no one conductor does all of the symphonies equally well." - markrohr 03:46:29 08/14/12 (0)
- Look at this way.... - Frihed89 12:42:46 08/13/12 (1)
- I like Gielen better, but Bertini is good - srl1 17:34:02 08/13/12 (0)
- So, did you more or less stop listening after the 60's? [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 12:33:33 08/13/12 (3)
- Not a bad strategy! ;-) nt - markrohr 03:59:45 08/14/12 (2)
- But why stop there? - Chris from Lafayette 10:50:34 08/14/12 (1)
- I'm sure there are more attractive alternatives... - Paul_A 13:26:07 08/14/12 (0)
- Did Szell really do an 8th??? - Russell 11:46:32 08/13/12 (1)
- Woops. - Paul_A 12:19:28 08/13/12 (0)
- RE: A second Mahler symphonies cycle thread, if you don't mind - vahe 10:13:54 08/12/12 (13)
- RE: A second Mahler symphonies cycle thread, if you don't mind - learsfool 23:40:28 08/12/12 (8)
- ??? - I'm not following - Chris from Lafayette 00:12:34 08/13/12 (7)
- RE: ??? - I'm not following - learsfool 17:14:09 08/13/12 (6)
- Wow - thanks for the elaboration - Chris from Lafayette 23:48:45 08/13/12 (5)
- RE: Wow - thanks for the elaboration - learsfool 19:32:11 08/15/12 (4)
- Sound as if we're talking about different things just a bit - Chris from Lafayette 21:23:39 08/15/12 (3)
- RE: Sound as if we're talking about different things just a bit - learsfool 21:11:39 08/16/12 (2)
- RE: Sound as if we're talking about different things just a bit - Chris from Lafayette 14:17:51 08/17/12 (1)
- RE: Sound as if we're talking about different things just a bit - learsfool 15:37:16 08/17/12 (0)
- RE: A second Mahler symphonies cycle thread, if you don't mind - Thornhill 12:14:40 08/12/12 (0)
- I'll bite, even if the thread IS being hijacked - Frihed89 11:58:27 08/12/12 (2)
- RE: I'll bite, even if the thread IS being hijacked - vahe 13:06:40 08/12/12 (1)
- I like Vanskaa very much - Frihed89 22:50:25 08/12/12 (0)
- Bertini is first class. Gielen has a lot to say and Fischer is really good. - Sigmund 08:27:37 08/12/12 (0)
- RE: A second Mahler symphonies cycle thread, if you don't mind - vahe 07:53:36 08/12/12 (4)
- If only Fischer's Mahler was more than good.... nt - jdaniel@jps.net 00:09:19 08/18/12 (0)
- Importance of full dynamics - DBB 09:13:44 08/12/12 (2)
- RE: Importance of full dynamics - flyingdutchman 09:39:43 08/12/12 (1)
- Thanks nt - Frihed89 12:00:08 08/12/12 (0)
- Gielen! - Thornhill 06:30:18 08/12/12 (0)