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Review title: Karajan at his best!
Product review: Don't listen to all those old farts who tell you this is no good. I've heard several recordings of the Mahler 5 from the so called Mahler experts and this one surpasses them all. Most of the criticism towards Karajan stems from him being a commercial success, a sellout to some and has nothing to do with the quality of his work. Some reviews of this CD are a perfect example of this.Karajan did his homework for this one and the BPO sounds fantastic. Add to that, the sound engineers at DG did an amazing job. The album notes do mention that Karajan himself was delighted with the master tape and he should have been. From an accoustical standpoint, this is as good as it gets for a recording from 1973. I wish most of my newer DDD CDs could sound this good! Buy it and be amazed!
