What Mahler set should I get next?

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I have (mostly) complete sets by Boulez, Chailly, Geilen and Bernstein.  What other do y'all think would best complement (i.e. different but good) to these?

[Todd]

Kubelik.

[bwv 1080]

Thanks, 


Also is there  recording of the 4th other than Bernstein that uses a boy soprano?

[Todd]

Also is there  recording of the 4th other than Bernstein that uses a boy soprano?

Not that I've heard or seen.  I prefer a woman to sing the part, and a womanly woman at that - Juliane Banse for Boulez, Kathleen Battle for Maazel, and Lucia Popp for Bertini are more my speed.

[bwv 1080]

Ordered it, but no 10th on Kubilek 

[Jay F]

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[Todd]

Ordered it, but no 10th on Kubelik.

Not complete, but the first movement is included.

[bwv 1080]

Not complete, but the first movement is included.

Yes, missed it it's out of order

Fast tempos the first movement of the 9th is almost a full 5 minutes shorter than Chailly

[The new erato]

Thanks, 


Also is there  recording of the 4th other than Bernstein that uses a boy soprano?

No, but Gielen's soprano is just about equally bad.

[ritter]

No, but Gielen's soprano is just about equally bad.

Actually, IMHO, Gielen's recording of the Fourth is quite unsuccessful as a whole (and not only because of the soprano in the last movement--her view of childlike innocence is rather awkward, reminding me more of Dennis the menace than anything else  ). Gielen's interpretation sounds to me like a sort of caricature of what an "objective" and "modern" approach should sound like (in a work particularly unsuited, I think, to this kind of extreme objectivism), and is devoid of warmth and adequate pacing. It's the low point in an otherwise superb and very important Mahler cycle  .

One great cycle not mentioned before: Gary Bertini on EMI. Superb on all accounts, very balanced and coherent  .

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(available much cheaper in some of the European amazon sites  ).

[DavidW]

Kubelik.

+1 also Bertini

[bwv 1080]

I bought the Kubilek and listened to 1-3, and they are now easily my favorite performances.  Kubilek maintains a rhythmic drive that keeps pushing the music forward and makes the rubato sections much more effective.  I don't think there is a self-conscious moment anywhere.  I get the sense he knows what the music can express, and does not try to get more or less from the work than what it is.

[DavidW]

I bought the Kubilek and listened to 1-3, and they are now easily my favorite performances.  Kubilek maintains a rhythmic drive that keeps pushing the music forward and makes the rubato sections much more effective.  I don't think there is a self-conscious moment anywhere.  I get the sense he knows what the music can express, and does not try to get more or less from the work than what it is.

The audite recordings that I've heard are incredible.  I have not heard all of his Mahler, I suppose I should.

[techniquest]

I agree with the Bertini recommendation. However, if you want something really different - and if you can find it - this obscure set from Movieplay SA would make for a really bizarre addition. The recordings are mostly from Slovenia.

[techniquest]

No, but Gielen's soprano is just about equally bad.

Actually yes. A recording of the 4th conducted by Anton Nanut uses Max Emmanuel Cencic as the soprano (treble) and he is far better than Helmut Wittek

[bwv 1080]

Kubilek's 7th is too fast though, Boulez and Chaiily have this one