Mike Leghorn ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Why did it take so long to perform Mahler 5? I thought that piece was about
>an hour long.
Think again. A brief survey of over 20 versions on my shelf reveals the
quickest (by some margin) is Abravanel at 61:44 (which is *very* quick)
and the slowest Bernstein (DG) at 75:00.
The median length though would appear to be around 71 minutes.
deryk barker
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