San Francisco Symphony's Mahler 9

[justininsf]

I was at one of the performances in 2004 that was used for the recording of the SFS Mahler 9 with MTT.

The only thing that really struck me about that performance was that about 2/3 through the 1st movement, when there is that pesante 5 note turn, MTT took it so slow and deliberate, it was the slowest I ever heard it, and was so distorted that it really took the momentum out of the climax.  It felt like I was listening to MTT instead of Mahler.

So all these years later I finally listen to the recording, and I'm right, it's around the 20:00 mark below.  Does anyone do it as slow and distorted as this???

https://youtu.be/qWQX0Vcrkic?t=19m41s

edit:  ok i just checked bernstein, dudamel, rattle, chailly, karajan, giulini, horenstein....  nobody comes remotely close!

[barryguerrero]

Try the 8th if you want to hear almost absurd tempo relationships and agogic distortions.