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RE: I'm not much of a Klemperer fan, so. . .

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In Reply to: RE: I'm not much of a Klemperer fan, so. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 18, 2024 at 18:18:21

I'm not a musically educated listener, I just know what moves me...
And for me, the primo Mahler 2 is Solti/CSO) on Decca. It totally moves me - every time.

Listening to it (often) I totally understand Gilbert Kaplan's obsession with this symphony.

But his performance doesn't come close to Solti's (IMHO).

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RE: I'm not much of a Klemperer fan, so. . . - Chris from Lafayette 01:50:08 11/26/24 (3)
The very first performance of the Mahler 2 I bought (back in my LP days) was the Solti - with the LSO. (His CSO recording hadn't been made yet!)
- RE: I'm not much of a Klemperer fan, so. . . - Utley1 13:07:45 12/11/24 (0)
  You bought one of the most bombastic performances ever recorded. Solti was too much a musical entrepreneur to offer a spiritual performance of anything ;much less any Mahler.
- RE: I'm not much of a Klemperer fan, so. . . - pbarach 04:22:37 11/26/24 (1)
  The very first Mahler 2 I bought was with Abravanel on Vanguard LPs. Next stop was Solti/LSO, a big improvement and still one of my favorites/
  - I no longer have my Solti LP album - Chris from Lafayette 13:52:48 11/26/24 (0)
    It was a victim of my purge of my LP's around 1986 or so. ;-)
    
    I THINK I heard the Abravanel recording when it was released on DVD-Audio in the early 2000's. I also had the Mehta/Israel PO DVD-Audio which I'm pretty sure I preferred, although I have neither the Abravanel nor the Mehta/IPO recordings these days, and I've moved on to other recordings of the work.

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