The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

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Thanks for posting this, great read. On March 2 I will hear Mahler 6 live at Boston Symphony Hall with the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. I'm excited.

You should be. I have listened to impressive performances from the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (an Austrian youth orchestra). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler_Jugendorchester , they sometimes come to Lisbon.

They are surely top performers, selected from the best - and IMO the energy and emotional intensity of young orchestras brings us unique experiences.

 

[Kjetil]

One of the very best Mahler buys you can do is the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie conducted by Rudolf Barshai in Symphony 5 and 10, the latter in Barshai's own reconstruction. CD and CD quality only though. They sound very good.

 

[Michael S.]

Hello, apparently I was happy too early about the improvement of the quality control.

My copy of the Mozart Requiem is actually not audible. From the inlet groove the needle jumps back and forth, sometimes gets stuck, accompanied by loud popping.

I haven't tested the other pages anymore. Going straight back.

That sucks.