Who do you like for Mahler 9? Stereoooooo Recordings

[Karl Henning]

Ditto.

TWU!

:-)

[Jay F]

The one in this box set:

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[Daverz]

Giulini/Chicago, Ancerl, and perhaps Bernstein 1.

Levine/Philadelphia used to be on my list, but I can no longer get past the awful sonics.

[DavidW]

Bernstein (DG studio, not the live)
Klemperer
Gielen
Bertini
Karajan
Ancerl
Levine
Walter (yes that old '38 one!)

If I had to choose one for the island it would be the studio DG Bernstein.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Bernstein (DG studio, not the live)

Do you mean the Amsterdam recording? I think that was live too. The Berlin one (with the famous trombone error) was also live.

Levine/Philadelphia used to be on my list, but I can no longer get past the awful sonics.

Hmm, I'll have to listen to it again. It was moldering in the basement until I restored my LP capability. I liked this one because the finale sounded like the heat death of the universe.

[Karl Henning]

Levine/Philadelphia used to be on my list, but I can no longer get past the awful sonics.

I know they recorded it, but who knows when/if it will be released . . . Jimmy and our Boston band gave a beautiful performance of the Ninth back in the day.

[knight66]

I am disappointed guys: only one mention of Barbirolli. That is the one I keep returning to.

Mike

[Brahmsian]

Tennstedt/LPO (studio recording)

[kishnevi]

I know they recorded it, but who knows when/if it will be released . . . Jimmy and our Boston band gave a beautiful performance of the Ninth back in the day.

Notice the Levine I pointed to...and which I found via IIRC Jens and Sarge.

[Daverz]

I know they recorded it, but who knows when/if it will be released . . . Jimmy and our Boston band gave a beautiful performance of the Ninth back in the day.

I'll keep an eye out for bootlegs.

[DavidW]

Do you mean the Amsterdam recording? I think that was live too. The Berlin one (with the famous trombone error) was also live.

I didn't know that was live, yes the Amsterdam recording.

[DavidW]

Notice the Levine I pointed to...and which I found via IIRC Jens and Sarge.

You pointed to the one in the superbargain set that Sarge doesn't love (I think I'm the only one that likes it!).  Levine/Philly is in the superbargain set, Levine/BSO is out of print.

[Sergeant Rock]

Notice the Levine I pointed to...and which I found via IIRC Jens and Sarge.

You pointed to the one in the superbargain set that Sarge doesn't love (I think I'm the only one that likes it!).

Jeffrey mentioned the Munich performance from Levine. This one:




Sarge

[Ken B]

I have 31 M9s. This one goes to the island:

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Sarge

On Mahler, Sarge is always right.

[not edward]

Canonical performance:

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Non-canonical performance:

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I also like BPO/Barbirolli, Philharmonia/Klemperer (for a very stoic view of the finale) and CSO/Boulez (for the first movement only; the rest is IMO a big letdown).

[ritter]

My personal favourite on CD is this late, live Sinopoli performance:
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Not universally acclaimed, veeeery slow and rather idiosyncratic (not unusual with Sinopoli). Excellent orchestral playing by the Dresden Staatskapelle. IMHO, the first movement is hard to equal...

On DVD, this instantly became a classic when it appeared, and some friends of mine who attended it live (not in Lucerne, but in Madrid) say it was an intensely moving experience, hard to forget. On DVD, it is stunning:
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[Marc]

I never dream of a desert island with Mahler 9, but, for this thread, I'll pick my 'first love'.
The London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Georg Solti:



http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphony-Wagner-Siegfried-Idyll/dp/B00000E4L8/?tag=goodmusicguideco

http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphony-No-9-Gustav/dp/B00008LDN6/?tag=goodmusicguideco

Well, first love .... I'm greedy, so there are more, like the earlier mentioned Ančerl and Haitink.

[aukhawk]

Of the six versions I have, I'd go with Haitink - his first(?) recording with the Concertgebouw around 1971-ish.
The biggest disappointment is Gielen, who is my 1st choice in 5,7 and 10, but nowhere near in 9.

[xochitl]

when im not in the mood for a Lenny 9th:

inbal
walter/columbia
salonen
boulez
ancerl

[Leo K.]

Here are my favorites, the desert island is either Abbado/VPO/DG M9 or Horenstein's: