Mahler before 1970: Your Preferences

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Drasko

Does anyone know why is there no recorded Mahler from Clemens Krauss? He conducted complete Mahler cycle (or near complete, due to him being ill some other people conducted 8th and 9th) in 1925 in Vienna with Wiener Symphoniker (or whatever they were called back then). Did he drop Mahler from his repertoire later on, or was it just not caught on records (his discography is rather erratic for most part)? I keep thinking that from such fine Strauss and Wagner conductor should come more than decent Mahler.

André

1- Walter
2- Scherchen or Walter
3- Horenstein or Haitink
4 - Rankl, van Otterloo or Swarowsky
5- Neumann Leipzig
6 - Barbirolli NPO
7- Scherchen
8- Mitropoulos
9- Walter Columbia, Ludwig LSO
Das Lied: Bernstein WP

Archaic Torso of Apollo

Mine has changed a little since 10 years ago:

1: Horenstein/LSO
2: Scherchen; Klemperer
3: Haitink; Horenstein
4: Reiner; Szell
5: Kubelik
6: Barbirolli
7: Bernstein
8: Solti (1971, so close enough to cut-off date)
9: Barbirolli; Haitink
Das Lied: Walter/NYPO; Klemperer
formerly VELIMIR (before that, Spitvalve)

"Who knows not strict counterpoint, lives and dies an ignoramus" - CPE Bach

Jo498

With star would be a favorite regardless of date.

1 Walter/Columbia*, Kubelik*
2 Klemperer/Philharmonia*, Bernstein/NYPO*, Scherchen
3 Bernstein/NYPO [more recent fav: Gielen]
4 Abravanel/Davrath*
5 Kubelik [more recent fav Bernstein/Vienna]
6 Mitropoulos or Bernstein [more recent favs Kondrashin, Bernstein/Vienna]
7 Bernstein/NYPO [more recent favs Kondrashin, Gielen]
(8) pass - still don't know the piece well and have not yet heard an older recording
9 Klemperer [more recent/other favorites Maderna BBC (live 1971 but published later), Gielen/SWR, maybe more]

Das Lied von der Erde: Klemperer/Wunderlich/Ludwig* (other favorite would be like Kubelik/Kmentt/Baker which is also from 1970 but was not published until 30 years later or so, I believe)
Wunderhorn-Lieder: Prohaska/Forrester/Rehfuss*, Morris/Baker/Evans*
Kindertotenlieder, Rückert-Lieder: Christa Ludwig's earlier recordings (with Klemperer and Vandernoot, IIRC)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Kubelik/Fischer-Dieskau* or Morris/Hermann* (mid-1970s)

So for 1,2,4 and most of the lieder my absolute favorites are before/around 1970 but I could also live contently with the "older" favs of the other pieces.
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

Crudblud

#64
Some of these are my all-time favourites, never mind before '70.

1 - Kubelík '68
2 - Scherchen '58
3 - Adler '52
4 - Reiner '59*
5 - Walter '47
6 - Barbirolli '67
7 - Scherchen '65
8 - Scherchen '51
9 - Walter '61
DLvdE - Klemperer '67

*need to revisit Mengelberg '39, all I remember of it is the spectacular first movement