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

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Sarge

Quote from: Todd on May 02, 2014, 06:02:32 AM
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Which goes to the island, Todd? :)

Quote from: mn dave on May 02, 2014, 06:13:42 AMWhich goes to the island, Todd? :)

Mahler.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 02, 2014, 06:10:38 AM
I have 31 M9s. This one goes to the island:

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Sarge

I wonder if that's in my Karajan symphony box set (I'm not at home).

Quote from: Todd on May 02, 2014, 06:14:24 AM

Mahler.

;D

Quote from: mn dave on May 02, 2014, 06:14:42 AMI wonder if that's in my Karajan symphony box set (I'm not at home).

No.

Quote from: Todd on May 02, 2014, 06:17:19 AM

No.

Thanks! I won't bother searching. :)

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No.

Why isn't Karajan in your batch, Todd?

If I'd listed five for your consideration, like Todd did, Klemperer and Giulini would've made the cut too along with Sinopoli and Haitink.

Sarge

Quote from: mn dave on May 02, 2014, 06:19:29 AMWhy isn't Karajan in your batch, Todd?

Because I did not include him.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 02, 2014, 06:21:27 AM
If I'd listed five for your consideration, like Todd did, Klemperer and Giulini would've made the cut too along with Sinopoli and Haitink.

Sarge

Good to know.

Quote from: Todd on May 02, 2014, 06:21:49 AM

Because I did not include him.

:P

Zinman
Levine/Munich Phil
Maderna/BBC
Dudamel
Lenny from the DG audio cycle
More or less in that order.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 02, 2014, 06:21:27 AM
If I'd listed five for your consideration, like Todd did, Klemperer and Giulini would've made the cut too along with Sinopoli and Haitink.

I like all of these too, as well as Abbado/BPO, Barbirolli, and Levine/Phila.

Giulini.

The Karajan LIVE is next, but by a fair distance, for me at least.

Quote from: Todd on May 02, 2014, 06:14:24 AM
Mahler.

I was sure they voted him off!

Quote from: springrite on May 02, 2014, 08:35:01 AM
Giulini.

For me, as well.

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 02, 2014, 06:10:38 AM
This one goes to the island:

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Ditto.

Quote from: Lisztianwagner on May 02, 2014, 08:51:46 AM
Ditto.

TWU!

:-)

The one in this box set:

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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.

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.

Quote from: DavidW on May 02, 2014, 09:23:56 AM
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.

Quote from: Daverz on May 02, 2014, 09:10:56 AM
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.

Quote from: Daverz on May 02, 2014, 09:10:56 AM
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.

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

Mike

Tennstedt/LPO (studio recording)

Quote from: karlhenning on May 02, 2014, 10:02:51 AM
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.

Quote from: karlhenning on May 02, 2014, 10:02:51 AM
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.

Quote from: Velimir on May 02, 2014, 09:54:58 AM
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.

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 02, 2014, 10:56:50 AM
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.

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 02, 2014, 10:56:50 AM
Notice the Levine I pointed to...and which I found via IIRC Jens and Sarge.

Quote from: DavidW on May 03, 2014, 06:56:41 AM
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:

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Sarge

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 02, 2014, 06:10:38 AM
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Sarge

On Mahler, Sarge is always right.
;)

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).

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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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:

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

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.

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

inbal
walter/columbia
salonen
boulez
ancerl

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

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Klemperer is my favourite version.

Giulini

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I'm going to have to revisit Klemperer very soon!

Favorites in no particular order, out of 35+
Levine Munich Phil. on Oehms.
Dudamel (probably his best recording to date)
Zinman
Maderna BBCSO
the Karajan posted by Leo and Sarge
Barenboim Staatskapelle Berlin

Previously mentioned, so here's a reiteration.  This is the recording which gave me my Mahler 9th epiphany. None I've listened to since, including many of the aforementioned, has approached it in my esteem.

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FWIW, I've yet to hear Abbado's later recordings with Berlin and Lucerne.

Quote from: Moldyoldie on January 30, 2015, 07:23:56 AM
Previously mentioned, so here's a reiteration.  This is the recording which gave me my Mahler 9th epiphany. None I've listened to since, including many of the aforementioned, has approached it in my esteem.

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FWIW, I've yet to hear Abbado's later recordings with Berlin and Lucerne.

Moldyoldie: your pseudonym under this topic conjured forth a memory of an ancient recording of the Ninth Symphony. 

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There is claim that this was the first Stereo recording.