Sorry to disagree with your recommendations but: the Haitink/CSO Mahler Symphonies--1, 3, & 6 (so far, and hopefully no more)--are total disasters! They do have good sound, which just makes the lack of passion, drama and personality that much more evident. I had trouble believing that, in the 3rd, this was, really, the Chicago Symphony. Mr. Haitink's early Mahler series with the Concertgebouw is preferable but not a landmark in the Mahler discography.
For great sounding Mahler (remember, sound) sample the Chailly/Concertgebouw on Decca, or the Gielen/SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden on Hänssler. For great performances and sound, the Bertini/Cologne on EMI is pretty much unbeatable.
Rtn's suggestions above are all excellent as would be the still-in-print Mahler recordings by Leonard Bernstein, and the out-of-print ones by Segerstam and de Waart.
The following is a great site if your interested in Mahler: www.gustavmahlerboard.com.
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For great sounding Mahler (remember, sound) sample the Chailly/Concertgebouw on Decca, or the Gielen/SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden on Hänssler. For great performances and sound, the Bertini/Cologne on EMI is pretty much unbeatable.
Rtn's suggestions above are all excellent as would be the still-in-print Mahler recordings by Leonard Bernstein, and the out-of-print ones by Segerstam and de Waart.
The following is a great site if your interested in Mahler: www.gustavmahlerboard.com.
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