Best? You jest! :-)
But FWIW, on vinyl, Bernstein 60's cycle, 80's cycle, and not to be missed, his 1979 9th with the Berliner Phil on DG.
Also Levine, Abbado, Tennstedt, and some even like Solti's.
I hope you are not overlooking Digital, Mahler has done very well in this format.
But, one of my favorite versions of the 7th on vinyl is Levine and the CSO on RCA.
If you like it slow Walter has recorded them all I believe and he had an inside track to Mahler, preceeding Bernstein, but he lacks Bernstein's 'color'.
I'll let others name individual 'bests', my day is to short and I can't boil it down that far.
Enjoy.............
But FWIW, on vinyl, Bernstein 60's cycle, 80's cycle, and not to be missed, his 1979 9th with the Berliner Phil on DG.
Also Levine, Abbado, Tennstedt, and some even like Solti's.
I hope you are not overlooking Digital, Mahler has done very well in this format.
But, one of my favorite versions of the 7th on vinyl is Levine and the CSO on RCA.
If you like it slow Walter has recorded them all I believe and he had an inside track to Mahler, preceeding Bernstein, but he lacks Bernstein's 'color'.
I'll let others name individual 'bests', my day is to short and I can't boil it down that far.
Enjoy.............