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Mahler, Gustav 1860 - 1911
composer, conductor
collection of performances on r2r, Lp and CD. (3/7/09) (more coming)
Start: Lower row - End: upper row
Bernstein/Mahler Nos. 1 & 2, New York Philharmonic, (R2R 4-Track) Columbia
Solti/Mahler Nos. 5,6,7, Chicago Philharmonic (R2R 4-track) London
Reiner/Mahler No. 4, Cpo, RCA, Solti/Mahler No. 1, LSO, London FFRR (Lps)
Kubelik Mahler Nos. 5,6,8 Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, (Lp) DG
Rattle, Mahler No. 9, Berliner Philharmoniker, CD, EMI
Columbia SL218
Bruno Walter/Mahler No.1
Deluxe packaging. The jackets are glossy laminates.
The
back side outer jacket photographs and illustrations of the man, from the day.
printed, autographed label
inner jacket in stiff laminated paper with much text
other
side inner jacket, with personal letters from Mahler (large photo
size for reading.)
Leinsdorf / Mahler symphony No. 1
RCA LM-2642
Kubelik/Mahler No.3 DG
Bernstein/Mahler No.3 Columbia
Reiner/Mahler No.4 RCA
Klemperer/Mahler
No. 4 Angel, performance 1962, pressing is obviously later
(file is large for reading the program notes) 
Kubelik/Mahler No.5 DG
Kubelik/Mahler No.6 DG
Kubelik/Maher No.8 DG
Klemperer/Mahler No.9 Angel
Kubelik/Mahler No. 9 DG Privilege label, thin vinyl (pressed in England)
Historic performances on cd
Here is a compilation of historic Mahler performances that is available on
compact disc. Ordinarily, I will avoid any mention of digital sources on this
website. In the case where the listener needs access to early performances
that aren't commonly available on vinyl, the cd becomes a convenient and welcome
medium. In this case, every performance on the cd was performed during the
78 era....and before the popular use of magnetic tape. So these are
transcriptions that have been restored to digital mediums. The
Walter/Mahler No.9 from 1938 sounds amazingly good.