tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-33261236030937029832008-01-15T17:37:00.000Z2008-01-15T17:37:00.000Z2008-01-15T17:37:00.000ZThanks for alerting me to the Maderna recording. I ordered it from Amazon right after reading your article. I subscribe to the notion that one can never have too many Mahler Ninths, so I can't wait to hear his interpretation. <BR/><BR/>I agree about the Barbirolli too. His recording (on EMI's GROC label - sounds great to me, but I can't compare it with the original CD pressing to see if the sound has been afffected by the remastering) was the first Mahler 9that I heard, and despite having about a dozen now, I still always come back to Barbirolli as my favorite. (His Mahler Fifth and Sixth are also very high on my list of performances of that symphony - especially the 1967 Sixth with the New Philharmonia Orchestra).Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989540833040422101noreply@blogger.com