Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Roland van Gaalen Newsgroups: rec.music.classical Subject: Re: Mahler 5 / Vienna Philharmonic / Bernstein / 1988 (live) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 18:47:41 +0200 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net cnFJGeMvscqs/B3X2DJylAIarDEG+79ZvqAy2y2BzmZLQ+0iQc Cancel-Lock: sha1:+0utbbLm+LFFJe4O8AUkrn0ixpg= sha256:oxH13WhW29VZwAHq/9pdxnaEmSl+I2BP0CGZq2SnoRA= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1931 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