Title: A landmark
Product review: This must be one of the very few recordings that was never intended to be made in order to make any money...All those relentless efforts. I don't think they make such recordings anymore, in an age of global marketing, cold-blooded profit making and blindest frenzy for total shareholder return...This is an event of epic proportions, and especially astoundingly good sound quality given the fact that this was 1971... Ten stars for the engineers alone.Solti at his artistic finest. Grand, but still subtle, drama, but no pathos. The choir work is breathtaking. It sounds like opera. As intense and well-refined. I particularly like the short appearance of Rene Kollo; very fluent, youthful, almost light. A nice contrast to some of the other singers.I always thought Karajan's digital live-Ninth was Mahler's best and finest, and while this may still hold true, this one comes darn close...
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