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Review title: Bloated and goofy???
Product review: What a perverse combo! This is without a doubt the worst recording of this symphony I have ever heard (I have heard at least 20). The combination of an infantile humor in the dance sections with a grotesque portentousness elsewhere is unique in my music listening experience. It sounds as if the conductor is alternately a drunken Bugs Bunny and Von Karajan at his worst. And does the scherzo plod on and on and on...Can this be the great Concertgebouw? They are technically fine, but sound like the backup band for a Jerry Herman show. How did Lenny achieve this? The musicians must have laughed all the way home.It would be a genuine shame if someone coming to this music for the first time judged it by this distorted egomaniacal performance. Instead, try Kubelik, Haitink 1 or Walter. Or for moments of true Mahlerian genius, listen to Horenstein, if you can find it.
