I typically don't like historical classical recordings (not always), but often prefer digital classical recordings because often longer works are annoying to get cut in half on the flip of a record, but then also the noise floor/fidelity/dynamics better managed with digital music (cd/stream).
For example, while I'm proud of my Toscanini Beethoven's 5th on shellac in my collection, it's more there for history than a great performance. It's a bit lackluster/missing some fidelity.
Having said that, I'm actually a big fan of the recordings I found from this 40s list. Furtwängler is another I historically haven't been a big fan of because of the fidelity/noise floor isn't great.
Pretty solid Mahler especially from Bruno Walter, which is a pretty good debunk that Bernstein likes to claim to be the Mahler reviver. Maybe in the States?
Era: Contemporary
Year: 2005-2019 (released 2021/ recorded 2019-2020)
Score: 85
I had not heard of Patricia Kopatchinskaja until just recently, and gave this a spin, and wow. Captivating violin work for the concerto. I'm a fan of music that equally stretches and entices. This does both well. The Mural works brings together a symphony of sorts, almost like a balance in the pendulum from what's happened in "classical" music for past 100 years.
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