A Mahler Centennial Symphony Cycle… No box-set required!

The list author says:
	"This entirely idiomatic and very satisfying performance has the double benefit of magnificent, middle-of-the-hall sound and the incomparable San Francisco Symphony. Enthrawling."

The list author says:
	"After 20 years of living with and thoroughly enjoying Rattle's Mahler 2nd, it's still a very strong first choice."

The list author says:
	"If you thought Mahler's 3rd symphony was "excellent sleeping music," wait until you hear this! Mahler at his most thunderous!"

The list author says:
	"This is the finest Mahler's 4th available - for two reasons: the VPO strings are unmatched in the Viennese idiom and Kathleen Battle was sent from heaven to sing the fourth movement."

The list author says:
	"Leonard Bernstein can be very eccentric in Mahler, but his eccentricity works to our benefit in Mahler's most inaccessible symphony. A triumph from Trauermarsch to Rondo-Finale!"

The list author says:
	"I cannot agree with people who dislike Mahler's 6th symphony; I love it, and especially Sir Simon's uncompromising Birmingham Symphony performance. Oh, Alma!"

The list author says:
	"Mahler's 7th needs a true "modernist" at the helm and Leonard Bernstein has proved that fact since the early 1960s. Simply stunning!"

The list author says:
	"Speaking of stunning, Claudio Abbado, his dream cast (of seemingly thousands!) and the BPO will make you wish that you too lived in Berlin. Unforgettable!"

The list author says:
	"Das Lied is extremely personal and everyone will have their favourite  recording and simply loath others. My heart fell unreservedly for Baker, Kmentt and Kubelik. Cuique suum!"

The list author says:
	"Far and away the finest and most convincing performance of Mahler's Viennese coup de gras. Spellbinding!"

The list author says:
	"Most of Mahler's 10th symphony is only a breath away from the inevitable atonal sound-world of Webern, Schönberg and Berg. Michael Gielen & Co. oblige brilliantly!"

The list author says:
	"Dame Janet Baker is arguably the greatest singer of Mahler Lieder that has ever lived. I have no doubt that you will soon find yourself agreeing with me."

The list author says:
	"Not to complain (pun intended), but Mahler's earliest published work has never struck a lasting chord in my mind. If you must hear this, Chailly's RSO Berlin recording will be the most endearing."