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From: Roland van Gaalen <vangaalenusenet@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Mahler 5 / Vienna Philharmonic / Bernstein / 1988 (live)
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 18:47:41 +0200
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On 07/07/2024 16:47, Herman wrote:
 > Those Haitink Mahler recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic are
 > generally regarded as lacking in energy. [...]
Yes.

Nevertheless, over the years Haitink's studio recordings of the Mahler 
symphonies (*) have struck me as being in good taste: unmannered, 
refined, subtle, suitably serious if not pleasant sounding rather than 
overwhelming (**). I don't remember ever considering the option of 
culling them from my CD collection.

(*) I have the Concertgebouw box and most of the Berlin Philharmonic 
recordings (apart from the Christmas broadcasts and live recordings of 
#6 and #7).

(**) Come to think of it, I not sure about the syrupy adagietto of #5 
and certain inherently (in my opinion) rather pompous movements, for 
example the finale of #2; the finale of #3; much or all of #8.).
--
Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands