Music freak
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I'm listening to it just now and like you, I felt Gergiev's was more than palatable... must be the summer air or something like that
On a side note, I heard the presenter refer to the Gergiev/LSO Live performances as a 'Mahler cycle' moments after the LSO snippet was played; I knew I didn't make that phrase up and finally there's proof that a Mahler cycle is a thing
I have been familiar with most of the ( even obscure released versions of the various recorded Mahler symphonies 1-10 since the early 60's, when it was still a case of "Mahler....who is he?"
Now coming to more present times : hearing some of Gregiev's Mahler -performing attempts, I personally vote him "at the bottom of the stack"
I think this particular clown thinks he is a world beater of a conductor , with any composer's works , he touches.