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LOL. Only 10..........so far. But wait, more inmates may reply and the list will get longer.

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In Reply to: RE: Which Mahler 2 to start with? posted by hesson11 on April 12, 2017 at 17:33:53

The results are predictably all over the map, just like asking "Which monitor speakers should I check out?" on Speakers, or "Which dac sounds the most natural?" on Digital, or "Which under $1,000 cartridge do you recommend?" on Vinyl etc.

Do a Search for Mahler 2nd Symphony in the archives and you'll find plenty more versions rec'd. Hopefully you'll be able to narrow it down to a mere 30 or so solid AA rec's for conductors who "really understand Mahler". By the time you get done checking them out you may find a fave, but you'll never want to hear the piece again. Happy listening :-)

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That's why I said to go with the biggest organ entry. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 12:41:41 04/13/17 (5)
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- aargh. nt - Rick W 13:52:33 04/13/17 (4)
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  - Well, it's an important moment to get right. Mahler said he was so tempted to employ it earlier - jdaniel@jps.net 17:36:33 04/13/17 (3)
    in the symphony, but didn't want to dilute the impact at the end.
    - The aargh was 'cause I thought it was a double entendre :-) nt nt - Rick W 22:55:24 04/13/17 (2)
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      - I thought that's what you thought! nt - D Harvey 11:27:04 04/14/17 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: The aargh was 'cause I thought it was a double entendre :-) nt nt posted by Rick W on April 13, 2017 at 22:55:24
        
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        OK, "grandest" organ entry. : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 11:35:59 04/14/17 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I thought that's what you thought! nt posted by D Harvey on April 14, 2017 at 11:27:04
        
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I was tempted to throw in a couple more - but I restrained myself! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 08:56:26 04/13/17 (3)
We're all like blind men trying to describe an elephant based on what part of the animal they've touched (or, in our case, the subset of recordings of a given work we've actually heard!). As I've mentioned before, the closest I've come to hearing every available recording of a given standard repertoire work is with the Mahler Fifth, where I have (or have had) over 80 different recordings - but even in this work, I think that number represents only about half the total recordings that have been issued. And the more recordings of a given work I've heard, the less I've become convinced that there even is such a thing as "the best" one. Sure, I've got some favorites, but that's not the same, since each person's criteria include so many personal, subjective elements.
- Chris, if you've really owned 80 recordings of ANY piece....... - Rick W 12:06:36 04/13/17 (2)
  either you desperately need me to send you a shipment of drugs or I desperately need the drugs you ingest.
  
  Holy Gustav, JHC, OMG and a screaming Yowza!!!
  - I think there are people on this board who have. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:38:58 04/13/17 (1)
    . . . more recordings of other individual works than I do of the Mahler Fifth - I'm thinking of Amphissa perhaps with certain works of Rachmaninoff, and there was one poster a few years ago who, I think, mentioned that he had over a hundred recordings of the Sibelius Second Symphony!
    
    As for all my recordings of the Mahler Fifth, I was actually encouraged in this pursuit by my wife, who was on a quest for the perfect recording of that work (at least for her!), and she finally decided on a recording on the Acousence label by Jonathan Darling and the Duisberg Philharmonic. It's interesting that she ended up choosing an audiophile (2-channel) recording, even though she professes not to care about audiophile matters at all! ;-)
    - RE: I think there are people on this board who have. . . - Rick W 14:08:31 04/13/17 (0)
      All I can say is........
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vSRzkG82U (Open in New Window)
RE: LOL. Only 10..........so far. But wait, more inmates may reply and the list will get longer. - hesson11 08:45:18 04/13/17 (0)
Haha! I pretty much knew that, Rick, but thought this might be fun and, perhaps, informative. Thanks.
-Bob

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