Symphony No. 6 in A minor
Gustav Mahler
Sir John Barbirolli / New Philharmonia
1967Gil's top recommendation; 'a classic.' He acknowledges the 'controversial... slow side' tempo of the first movement but finds 'it has a really strong effect... just overwhelming.'
Apple Music — Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 on an album with Strauss’s Metamorphosen.Leonard Bernstein / Vienna Philharmonic
1988A great version with a 'more conventional, more quick first movement... very dramatic, also just overwhelming in its power.'
Apple Music — Symphony No. 6 on an album with Kindertotenlieder.Eduard van Beinum / Concertgebouw
1955 Live recording'Not that great' recording quality, but 'a really intense performance, really gripping.'