Deryk wrote:
>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.
Mike Leghorn wrote:
>Are there 20 recordings of Mahler's 5th? You must have quite a CD
>collection!
I just looked up the timings of recordings I have of Mahler 5. They
are
Haitink/BPO -- 78:47 (might as well be 80 minutes)
Boulez/VPO -- 72:17
Abbado/BPO -- 69:29
Solti/CSO -- 66:10
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