Roger Hecht wrote:

>John Smyth wrote:
>
>>Regarding Mahler Symphony recommendations, I notice many people suggesting
>>older recordings. Live performance aside, can a listener really get the
>>full impact of a Mahler symphony on a recording before 1970? (Well, 1960)...
>
>Go back a little further. Fine sounding recordings have been made back to
>1954.

I'm not sure whether Roger means just Mahler recordings.  For years I read
and heard stories about Kubelik's 1951 Chicago Pictures at an Exhibition
which gave it a status beyond the legendary.  I know Mercury re-released it
over a year ago, but if anyone missed it, just buy it!

Richard Pennycuick
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