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In Reply to: Levine's Mahler Third -- "A listening tour from earthy to ethereal" posted by clarkjohnsen on March 17, 2007 at 10:27:56:
Great 1st mov't and affecting 2nd. The finale doesn't reach the heights that the earlier mov'ts do, IMHO.I really like Levine's Mahler, at least the 7th and especially the 10th, which I think is the best available. The delicacy of the playing in the 5th mov't alone is worth the price of admission.
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performance by Levine, although I do find MTT's latest quite good and the recording is much better.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: the Horenstein Mahler 3 is perhaps the most overrated recording of all-time. There are many other better conducted and played recordings of the 3rd, but I'll cite Gielen's as an example that blows the Horenstein out of the water.
The Horenstein sounds rather dull and grey. Downright ugly in the final movement. Its reputation being formed when there weren't that many recordings available (and Horenstein is a cult conductor).My favorite is usually the last one I've heard. My last 3 were:
Neumann/Czech Phil in the Supraphon box set
Bertini in his EMI box set
Lopez-Cobos/Cincinatti on Telarc
I know Gielen's very well, back in the flickering end of my CD days, but Horenstein's first mov't is simply better. So rustic, raw, but unbelievably unified. I didn't think anyone could make the first mov't hold together that well. I also think Haitink's last recording, on Philips, has the most concentrated and spiritual final mov't. I'm not a Mahlerian wannabe either. If only it were allowable to patch many recording together.
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