Meech
Always risky proposition to say any version is absolute best, he he (but makes for lively discussion). I don't have the Bernstein/DG 5th but may have to add it to my collection, I see it is now available on new mid priced DG 2CD Tchaikovsky set now......think I will pick this up.
Also I should get the new Gergiev/Phillips, but what was Phillips thinking putting only sym 5 on this CD, 46 minutes total!
I have several complete 1-6 sets including Jansons, Karajan, Markevitch and several more 4,5,6 sets including the Mravinsky/DG set mentioned above. The Mravinsky 5th is special but I can't rate it best available, energy level is very high here so every collection should have this. The Mravinsky version of 4th final movement is tremendously explosive and energetic.......not to be missed and reason enough to get this 4,5,6 set.
Always risky proposition to say any version is absolute best, he he (but makes for lively discussion). I don't have the Bernstein/DG 5th but may have to add it to my collection, I see it is now available on new mid priced DG 2CD Tchaikovsky set now......think I will pick this up.
Also I should get the new Gergiev/Phillips, but what was Phillips thinking putting only sym 5 on this CD, 46 minutes total!
I have several complete 1-6 sets including Jansons, Karajan, Markevitch and several more 4,5,6 sets including the Mravinsky/DG set mentioned above. The Mravinsky 5th is special but I can't rate it best available, energy level is very high here so every collection should have this. The Mravinsky version of 4th final movement is tremendously explosive and energetic.......not to be missed and reason enough to get this 4,5,6 set.