Kubelik´s Mahler: Live (Audite) vs studio (DGG).

[oscar]

Rafael Kubelik was a great Mahler conductor.  He has a complete studio cycle in DGG and a quasi complete live one in Audite.

Which would be the individual symphonies to be preferred ?

From the Audite cycle, I like best nr. 1, 3, 7 and 8.

Best regards,

Oscar.

[barry guerrero]

They're remarkably similar. The sound is quite good on the live performances, and there are extremely few errors in the playing - if any! I think that those facts bode well for the Audite releases. The studio M1 and M4 are certainly competitive.

Barry

[Leo K]

Kubelik's DLvdE on Audite is one of the best played (and sung) Das Lied's I have yet heard, certainly a top version of that work.



--Todd

[Freddy van Maurik]

The studio recordings are obviously very good in their own right, but I'd choose most of the live Audite-releases over the DGG counterpart. The live Das Lied von der Erde ranks among my top choices for this work. Same goes for the 7th. Both have a wide range of competition, of course, but still...

[barry guerrero]

Agreed. That "DLvdE" (Audite) is great! - possibly Janet Baker's best one.

Also, Kubelik's M8 has the best overall cast of any M8 recording I've ever heard - far better than Solti's cast even.

B.