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Title: M2 on Blu-ray Disk
Post by: waderice on November 21, 2013, 01:10:24 AM

As of this writing, I am aware of six Mahler Seconds on Blu-ray, and they are the following (I already have the first on this list):

Abbado/Lucerne Festival Orch.
Gilbert/NYPO
Boulez/Staatskapelle Berlin
Jansons/Bavarian Radio Symphony
Jansons/Concertgebouw Orch.
Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch.

Does anyone here have all six?  If anyone does, how do they stack up against each other, as far as performance, video, and sound are concerned?  I've read thus far that most people (not necessarily everyone here) seem to think that Abbado's performance is the probably the best, but that the audio still has some problems, despite improvement in subsequent remastering.  It's now ten years old, and being the oldest of the six, maybe falls behind some of the newer performances, technologically.

Thanks, Wade

Title: Re: M2 on Blu-ray Disk
Post by: barry guerrero on November 21, 2013, 01:39:13 AM

I like the Boulez, but I would take Chailly/LGO over the Abbado, Gilbert or Boulez. I haven't heard/seen the two Jansons ones, but I'm not a big fan of him in M2 (Oslo Phil. or RCOA). I don't think you'd go too far wrong with any of these. But so far, I like the Chailly best.

Title: Re: M2 on Blu-ray Disk
Post by: ChrisH on November 21, 2013, 01:49:53 AM

I have the Chailly and the Jansons. Chailly all the way. Actually, I'd take Chailly over Jansons in the 8th, on blu-ray, as well.

I did watch the PBS broadcast of the Gilbert when it aired. If I remember correctly they cut out the last movement to switch to different programming! I recollect that what I heard had some interesting tempo choices.