Mahler's Resurrection, Gilbert Kaplan/VPO recordin

I have Kaplan's 1st recording of the M2 - I think its amazing, considering that Kaplan is not a professional musician, that he could come up with this kind of performance. That said, I find the performance itself unexciting. It has only been listened to a couple of times. My interpertation of the reviews that I have read about the new VPO version is that the recording may be better but that the performance itself isn't all that much, albiet some, different. In view of the many outstanding 2nd's available, I've had no interest in acquiring a 2d Kaplan. Sorry to sound negative..............

I wasn't going to give specific recommendations, but since thats the way the thread has been going - -

Two performances that have not been mentioned, but which are excellent, and which are clearly different views of how this symphony should be performed, are Abbado's 1976 performance with the CSO and Slatkins with the SLSO on Telarc.In my view Abbado does every thing right with good a good soloist and chorus to match. This is a performance that excites! The Slatkin performance is much different, i.e. much more like Walter, more lyrical and in much better sound (than Walter).

I agree re the quality of Tennstadt as a Mahlerian in general, its just too bad the recording quality of his performances on CD's isn't better.