Deryk Barker [[log in to unmask]] wrote:

>While I yield to none in my admiration for Kubelik's 1st, which IMHO is
>the best available

I second that!  Kubeliks Mahler 1 ist just outstanding!  Perfect!  But
Bersteins 1st movement of this symphony is something very special.  Ein
wahrhaftig leidenschaftliches Genuss, sozusagen!

Bob Dubois [[log in to unmask]] wrote:

>I don't really know how this performance sounds like (it might be done very
>well), but I'm almost sure there's no version better than the one conducted
>by Raffael Kubelik (Deutsche Grammophon).  I think he's the conductor
>fulfilling Mahler's intentions the most.

I also think so.  Kubelik had a certain understanding for Mahler.  I
concluded my recent review with saying that in Kubeliks Mahler I hear
Mahler and I took Bernsteins Mahler I hear Bernstein.  A little exaggerated
perhaps, but still truth in it.

Mats Norrman
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