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Haitink Mahler 5 on DECCA Pure Analog

Almost bought this but figured I ask if anyone has heard this reissue. 

From product notes…

For this release Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios has used the original, four-track quadraphonic master tape to make a new stereo mix sent directly to the cutter head. This preserves a pure analogue path throughout. The Philips engineers of the 1970s would similarly have mixed the four front and rear channels before cutting but this downmix would have resulted in a two-track stereo copy for mastering, whereas here the lacquer is cut directly from a ’live’ mix into stereo from the four Quad channels.
 

Any feedback on the quality of recording and vinyl?

audphile1
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@mahler123 this is prompting me to go back to my CD rips and explore versions I’ve not heard before on streaming. So there is a positive to this discussion 

Thank you all for chiming in!

mahler123
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I listened to the first three movements of the Haitink/Concertgebouw yesterday, from the most recent CD reissue ripped to my NAS.  It’s a very good version, and I much preferred it to the last 5th that I had heard, Tennestedt/LPO from the recent box devoted to that conductor 

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@mahler123 the only version of the 5th with BH and Concertgebouw I was able to find on streaming is part of this set:

I believe it’s the exact same version as on that DECCA reissue. If you have a chance to check on qobuz or tidal…thanks!

 

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I actually can’t even get past the 1st movement now. It’s just bad. Bad sound, lacks bottom end, orchestra sounds disconnected several times throughout the 1st movement. 

I put on Barbirolli and it’s day and night. 
 

mahler123
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Well we disagree there.  The Barbirolli is my all time worst ever Mahler recording.  It seems interminable.  I rather like the Haitink 

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