RE: Mahler 3rd

Posted by Fitzcaraldo215 (A) on August 21, 2012 at 19:16:07

In Reply to: RE: Mahler 3rd posted by Robert C. Lang on August 20, 2012 at 18:06:47:

I usually just go with either Amazon or their often cheaper reseller partners, with the added $2.95 shipping.

I first bought the Abbado Mahler 3rd as a single to "get my feet wet" with the seres and with concert videos. I quickly realized I had to have the whole set of Nos. 1-7, made over nearly a decade of Lucerne Festivals, which I paid about $85 for. I do think the sonics, always good, gets somewhat better among the later recordings. The Abbado 9th from Lucerne was released separately last year, and is absolutely awesome musically and audibly. Still no Mahler 8th to complete the cycle as yet. It is my "go to" set of Mahler symphonies for maximum musical satisfaction. I cannot tell you how much the video adds to my enjoyment.

Other releases from the Lucerne Festival are also outstanding, with what seems like even better sonics on the recent Abbado Bruckner 5th, and what I find to be a very hauntingly excellent performance of the Shostakovich 8th with the Concertgebouw under Andris Nelsons, also done at the Festival. So, anything from the Lucerne Festival on Blu-ray A/V is an automatic buy for me. They are consistently among the very best concert Blu-rays.

A recording reviewer friend is so taken with these videos and performances that he is planning to go to next year's Lucerne Festival.

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Topic - Mahler 3rd - MillHouse1835@aol.com 17:04:31 08/14/12 (30)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Fitzcaraldo215 08:45:12 08/19/12 (4)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Robert C. Lang 18:06:47 08/20/12 (2)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Fitzcaraldo215 19:16:07 08/21/12 (0)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Disbeliever 23:38:50 08/20/12 (0)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Disbeliever 23:03:41 08/19/12 (0)

Gergiev gets no respect - Chris from Lafayette 10:31:11 08/17/12 (2)

He is too wildly unpredictable. - Kal Rubinson 05:52:24 08/18/12 (1)

RE: He is too wildly unpredictable. - Fitzcaraldo215 09:02:32 08/22/12 (0)

Also MTT/SFO - TGR 20:07:35 08/16/12 (1)

Agreed. ( nt ) - Kal Rubinson 05:39:02 08/17/12 (0)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Jazz Inmate 21:09:58 08/15/12 (2)

RE: Mahler 3rd - dcramer 09:18:51 08/16/12 (1)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Jazz Inmate 06:27:54 08/17/12 (0)

Honeck, Pittsburgh on Exton - pbarach 14:08:08 08/15/12 (0)

RE: Mahler 3rd - vahe 12:30:47 08/15/12 (0)

RE: Mahler 3rd - layman 11:47:10 08/15/12 (1)

Yes - that's another excellent disc too! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 09:49:53 08/16/12 (0)

A lesser known option - srl1 08:37:49 08/15/12 (2)

Haven't heard Mehta's Third on Farao, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:23:34 08/15/12 (1)

RE: Haven't heard Mehta's Third on Farao, but. . . - srl1 12:06:44 08/15/12 (0)

RE: Mahler 3rd - ahendler 20:40:10 08/14/12 (7)

Alan - I know I promised to try to get it - Chris from Lafayette 10:01:47 08/16/12 (3)

RE: Alan - I know I promised to try to get it - ahendler 12:10:24 08/16/12 (1)

Thanks! - I just ordered it [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 14:32:46 08/16/12 (0)

RE: Alan - I know I promised to try to get it - ahendler 12:04:17 08/16/12 (0)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Kas 05:33:13 08/15/12 (2)

RE: Mahler 3rd - ahendler 10:13:11 08/17/12 (0)

RE: Mahler 3rd - Auguste 14:37:36 08/15/12 (0)

Try Chailly/ Concertgebouw and Gilbert/. NYP (24/96 download from hd tracks) nt - DBB 18:35:56 08/14/12 (1)

Second the Gilbert... - Russell 09:33:19 08/15/12 (0)

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