Your recommendations are interesting. I am not sure why, but the earliest recording known to me, especially, remains my favorite. I remember the day I first heard the Mahler 5 / Bernstein/ New York Phil on Columbia lps. The sound he produced from that orchestra became “the Mahler sound” for me. It was kind of an imprinting on the brain. I am so grateful to have heard many of Mahler’s symphonies so many years ago with a dear college friend. I still listen to Mahler and thank the stars to have lived to hear his music!
Yeah, this recording is my go-to as well. The strings just sound so ethereal throughout, and in the Adagietto he holds that last sustained chord out so heartbreakingly long. I don’t hear that in every performance, but I crave it.
Three of the recordings you mention are in my collection...Barbirolli, Neumann and Schwarz. The Neumann has the most colorful wind playing of any version in the final movement. Schwarz was a concentration camp survivor and I find his granitic interpretation devastating. A ridiculously underrated version, superbly played and recorded, is the vintage Leinsdorf recording on RCA with Boston. However, I recently became acquainted with a recording by Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie which is probably the most intense version I have ever run across. The first two movements are exhausting. What's even more remarkable is that it's a youth orchestra. The playing is not to believed. BTW, it is coupled with Barshai's own and very effective version of the 10th.
I am surprised that Karajan with BPO is not mentioned. Compared to Bernstein with VPO, it's more precise, catching the fire like Olympic athletes with sublime emotions as well. Bernstein's version can only be listened to once, afterwards it's more like a great Mahler party with chaotic emotion buffet.
Agreed with Neumann, which sounds good for its age. (You'll probably have noticed that you misspoke and gave credit, understandably, to the Concertgebouw, when it was the Gewandhaus that did that fine job. Briefly, you had me scurrying for a Neumann recording I hadn't been aware of. :-))
Thanks my friend.. I am having a hard time finding the ultimate GM5...there's just simply TOO many of them..there's thousands... I lioe Orchestras that Swing.
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Your recommendations are interesting. I am not sure why, but the earliest recording known to me, especially, remains my favorite. I remember the day I first heard the Mahler 5 / Bernstein/ New York Phil on Columbia lps. The sound he produced from that orchestra became “the Mahler sound” for me. It was kind of an imprinting on the brain. I am so grateful to have heard many of Mahler’s symphonies so many years ago with a dear college friend. I still listen to Mahler and thank the stars to have lived to hear his music!
Yeah, this recording is my go-to as well. The strings just sound so ethereal throughout, and in the Adagietto he holds that last sustained chord out so heartbreakingly long. I don’t hear that in every performance, but I crave it.
Thank you so much for your recommendations!
The Neumann recording with the Gewandhausorchester was recorded at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig and not at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Three of the recordings you mention are in my collection...Barbirolli, Neumann and Schwarz. The Neumann has the most colorful wind playing of any version in the final movement. Schwarz was a concentration camp survivor and I find his granitic interpretation devastating. A ridiculously underrated version, superbly played and recorded, is the vintage Leinsdorf recording on RCA with Boston. However, I recently became acquainted with a recording by Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie which is probably the most intense version I have ever run across. The first two movements are exhausting. What's even more remarkable is that it's a youth orchestra. The playing is not to believed. BTW, it is coupled with Barshai's own and very effective version of the 10th.
I am surprised that Karajan with BPO is not mentioned. Compared to Bernstein with VPO, it's more precise, catching the fire like Olympic athletes with sublime emotions as well. Bernstein's version can only be listened to once, afterwards it's more like a great Mahler party with chaotic emotion buffet.
One Mahler 5th I'd recommend is Barshai with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
That’s a very good one, yes
Would you consider putting all these essential classical music videos into a playlist? That'd be easier to follow
Thoughts on the new Payare/Montreal recording? It’s my new favorite. Very lively with excellent tempo and sonics
I like it - one of my favorites
Agreed with Neumann, which sounds good for its age. (You'll probably have noticed that you misspoke and gave credit, understandably, to the Concertgebouw, when it was the Gewandhaus that did that fine job. Briefly, you had me scurrying for a Neumann recording I hadn't been aware of. :-))
Oh I didn't even notice! I switched from Gewandhaus to Concertgebouw in midsentence. Force of habit with 60s/70s era Philips recordings.
@@GilZilkha I know! I didn't even know Philips had licensed it, until I saw your copy. :-)
Thanks my friend..
I am having a hard time finding the ultimate GM5...there's just simply TOO many of them..there's thousands...
I lioe Orchestras that Swing.
Good video
Hello. For me Abbado whith Berlín and Chicago is good versión.
Once again I don't agree with you selections
what's your favorite one?
@@masintec I like both Gielen and Bertini however I concur with on Bernstein.