I haven’t heard Gergiev in Mahler, but I really dislike the sonics on all of the LSO Live recordings with which I am familiar. There is only so much that can be done with that Dead Concert Hall, the Garbage Can. Let’s hope that Simon Rattle succeeds in getting a new Hall built.
I really like the Berlioz that I have heard from Xavier Roth with his period group.
Tennstedt Mahler is something that I have never quite developed a love for. I do have his Fourth, with Lucia Popp as the soloist, but while I’ve had some people praise his live performances to the skies, for me he sounds sternly Teutonic without the leavening Irony or sufficient Viennese Gemutlich.
I really like the Berlioz that I have heard from Xavier Roth with his period group.
Tennstedt Mahler is something that I have never quite developed a love for. I do have his Fourth, with Lucia Popp as the soloist, but while I’ve had some people praise his live performances to the skies, for me he sounds sternly Teutonic without the leavening Irony or sufficient Viennese Gemutlich.