Texasdave,
Enjoyed your review very much. I'm a recent convert to Mahler - so I'm a tableau rasa here, free to sample and taste the full range of offerings. I'll most likely try out Chailly's 9th as soundstage in getting to hear all the nuances is important for me especially as an aid in learning the music. Though I'll probably hunt down Bernstein's, as well. I absolutely love Lenny, warts and all. And he seems to have had a particular soft spot for Mahler.
Forgive my ignorance, but are these Decca recordings CD?
Yesterday, I snagged two pristine vinyl sets of Mahler's 8th and 9th from our Re-Use center for a buck apiece.
The 9th is by the LSO under Ludwig. For those timing their Mahler this one comes in at 80:04. The Los Angeles Everest recording, however, is not all that great. A good part of the bass section seems to have fallen through a trap door in the soundstage.
The Chicago Symphony Orch. under Solti's baton for the 8th is a whole 'nother story. A London ffrr double LP set that certainly seems to deliver the slam of this "Symphony of a Thousand" at least, to this uninitiated ear.
Enjoyed your review very much. I'm a recent convert to Mahler - so I'm a tableau rasa here, free to sample and taste the full range of offerings. I'll most likely try out Chailly's 9th as soundstage in getting to hear all the nuances is important for me especially as an aid in learning the music. Though I'll probably hunt down Bernstein's, as well. I absolutely love Lenny, warts and all. And he seems to have had a particular soft spot for Mahler.
Forgive my ignorance, but are these Decca recordings CD?
Yesterday, I snagged two pristine vinyl sets of Mahler's 8th and 9th from our Re-Use center for a buck apiece.
The 9th is by the LSO under Ludwig. For those timing their Mahler this one comes in at 80:04. The Los Angeles Everest recording, however, is not all that great. A good part of the bass section seems to have fallen through a trap door in the soundstage.
The Chicago Symphony Orch. under Solti's baton for the 8th is a whole 'nother story. A London ffrr double LP set that certainly seems to deliver the slam of this "Symphony of a Thousand" at least, to this uninitiated ear.