So many interpretations, so little vinyl.
Regarding the 4th, I got to know Mahler with the Bernstein recording on (then) Columbia. It's important to me for the concluding soprano solo to sound unmannered and innocent which is why I prefer Reri Grist. Later, Bernstein went over the top (who, Lenny?) and used a boy soprano on DGG but it proved to be a case (for me, at least) of more being less.
Regarding the 4th, I got to know Mahler with the Bernstein recording on (then) Columbia. It's important to me for the concluding soprano solo to sound unmannered and innocent which is why I prefer Reri Grist. Later, Bernstein went over the top (who, Lenny?) and used a boy soprano on DGG but it proved to be a case (for me, at least) of more being less.