Pablo Massa wrote: >... I propose a thread about favourite recordings of Mahler's 4th and 8th. You can see my own preferences in my Mahler recordings survey with the 4th to be found at: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/Mahler4.htm My own favourites in the 4th remain Kletzki, Horenstein, Kubelik, Barbirolli, Britten. >8th: Kubelik (BRO) (DG 1971)/ Vaclav Neumann/ Solti (the best I know, >perhaps)/ Robert Shaw (Telarc). I am working on the survey for the 8th at the moment and that ought to appear towards the end of the month but I don't mind saying now that the "live" recording by Jascha Horenstein on BBC Legends is the best 8th by a country mile. None of the others even come close. Solti's merciless assault has never impressed me all that much. >Among the 4th's recordings that I don't like are Maazel's and Haitink's. >Maazel is a little "hysterical" and overrreacted, and Haitink is too cold >(in this particular work) for my taste. I agree over Haitink though there are at least five recordings by him available of this work. Don't be too harsh on Maazel. >Does someone knows better recordings (older or newer)? See above. Tony Duggan, England. Mahler recordings survey: http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/Mahler/