Bob Dubois 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 am an admirer of Kubelik in Mahler but his Ninths (there are two
available) didn't even make the final "cut" in my recent survey of Ninth
recordings to be found at:

   http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/mahler9.htm

where I think I auditioned more than for any other.

Tony Duggan, England.
Mahler recordings survey:
http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/Mahler/