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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this CD to supplement the studio recording made 2 years earlier by Karajan and the BPO that I have on LP (also available on CD Mahler: Symphony 9, Kindertotelieder, Ruckert Lieder). The performance is impeccable and the recording excellent. My only reservation is that it is almost too perfectly polished, for example near the end of the finale, the strings are so smooth that they lack the emotionally searing effect achieved in the studio recording.
However, in my view this is the best all-round CD available of Mahler's 9th.
However, in my view this is the best all-round CD available of Mahler's 9th.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Robert Brook
Format:Audio CD
This is the stand out recording and reading of this lovely work. It is Karajan's second recording and the great man, for me, did not record enough Mahler.
The adagio is simply stunning. This can be highly recommended.
The adagio is simply stunning. This can be highly recommended.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Philoctetes
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
There have been many fine Ninths from the world's super orchestras. Recent recordings from Abbado and Rattle in Berlin deserve acclaim and let's not forget the 1979 Bernstein recording - his only time with the Berliners.
Karajan's live recording is quite unique within his discography. barely two years on from the award-winning studio recording, he sanctions the release of this stupendous, devastatingly emotional performance captured at the Berlin Festival. As is well known, it is breathtaking in its playing and in its conducting. The sound is superb, documentation excellent and the current Gramophone Award Winners issue is very affordable. If you're ready to tackle the Ninth, you couldn't do better. Karajan really locks onto the philosophical victory being dramatized here. Amongst the very greatest recordings by this prolific team.
Karajan's live recording is quite unique within his discography. barely two years on from the award-winning studio recording, he sanctions the release of this stupendous, devastatingly emotional performance captured at the Berlin Festival. As is well known, it is breathtaking in its playing and in its conducting. The sound is superb, documentation excellent and the current Gramophone Award Winners issue is very affordable. If you're ready to tackle the Ninth, you couldn't do better. Karajan really locks onto the philosophical victory being dramatized here. Amongst the very greatest recordings by this prolific team.
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