My Mahler Top 10

All the cool kids are doing it, so why not? Here are my favorite recordings of each Mahler symphony.

No. 1: Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*

No. 2: Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

No. 3: Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*

No. 4: Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra*

No. 5: Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*

No. 6: Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker*

No. 7: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony*

No. 8: Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra*

No. 9: Bruno Walter, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Das Lied von der Erde: Otto Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra

*denotes an SACD

Where's 10? I'm afraid I'm too unfamiliar with it to render a good judgement. Gergiev? Seriously? Yes, seriously. Why so many SACDs? Because they're what I happen to listen to most. Walter's 9th? Absolutely.

List is subject to change at a moment's notice. I think what I realized most from doing such a list, is how many more recordings I need to hear that I haven't!

Be sure to check out Opera Chic's and Alex Ross' esteemed lists.