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Review title: Second Movement
Product review: Concerning the tempo fluctuation at the beginning of the 2nd movement, I suggest checking the score, with a metronome in hand. You'll find that Abbado adopts 66 to the bar starting on bar 5, as written. All other versions I've heard (20+) use 60 from bar 1, including the presumably authoritative Bruno Walter interpretation, and Abbado's earlier Chicago version. It's no exagerration to say that Abbado's BPO version is the only one that's true to the score on this point.Note that Mahler's programatic description for this movement was `Full Sail!'; one can imagine this clipper catching a steady wind on bar 5.Overall this is a very fine recording, and merits a place in a well stocked Mahler collection. Bernstein, Kubelik, and a few others also stand out, and this is certainly a crowded field.
