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Jack, Maybe this work deserves it's own thread. I will start by posing the question: Do the inhabitants of the Polar Ice Cap (the Russians, Norwegians, Finns, etc) own this symphony? Or, can some other European lay claim to mastery of the Pathetique? Perhaps an American conductor? To end...

I will get scoffed at for sure, but I LOVE the James Levine "Pines of Rome" on the Fantasia 2000 DVD (the one with the flying whales). Sounds great on DTS. For standard CD's I found the Sinopoli interpretation on DG to be the most vital and well-recorded interpretation. Good call, Jack, it's a...

My desert-island Mahler recommendations: Symphony # 1 - Bernstein on DG with the Concertgebouw. 2 - Rattle on EMI (but Walter's is excellent) 3 - Again, Lenny, on DG with Concertgebouw 4 - Maazel with Kathleen Battle on CBS (the only Maazel recording I like) 5 - Barbirolli on EMI - a...

Jack, I'm assuming you've heard the Naxos 7th, so I'll take your recommendation to heart. Right now, sound quality is the most important thing for me, and while Boult sounds great, I'm dying to hear the London Symphony on Chandos that won the Gramophone award. Have you heard it?

I have the Boult recording, and it is excellent. Another one to try if you are new to VW is the Antartica symphony (#7) on Naxos. Excellent performance, sound quality, and it's dirt cheap, too.

Zen, I sympathize. I own 400+ "classical" recordings, and it's hard to find an intelligent conversaion about the music with anyone who does not think that serious music existed before Louis Armstrong. Perhaps Home Theater and serious music do not mix, hence the advent of TPV, versus the...