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#1 ·
ATTENTION MAHLER ADDICTS


Let's face it Mahler fans. We're some sick people that need lots and lots of therapy! :D

Here is where you can come clean and share your latest Mahler purchases and reveal your collection to everybody. No matter how big or small. I'm always impressed when I run into Mahler fans.

Here is my collection:

- Symphony No. 1 "Titan" And Symphony No. 10 "Adagio"
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

- The Complete Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

- Symphony No. 4 (Hybrid SACD)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Fritz Reiner
Label: RCA

-Symphonies 1-10 (10-CD set)
Orch: Bavarian Radio Symphony
Cond: Rafael Kubelik
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Robert Shaw
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 2/Symphony No. 10 (2-CD set)
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Zubin Mehta
Label: Decca

-The Complete Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond: Klaus Tennstedt
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond; Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Czech Philharmonic
Cond: Karel Ancerl
Label: Supraphon

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 1/Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels
Orch: Czech Philharmonic
Cond: Karel Ancerl
Label: Supraphon

-Symphony No. 1; Songs of the Wayfarer
Orch: Bavarian Radio Symphony
Cond: Rafael Kubelik
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 6; Zemlinsky: 6 Maeter Link
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Cincinnati Symphony
Cond: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: James Levine
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 3 (2-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphonies 1 & 9
Orch: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic
Cond; Andrew Litton, Libor Pesek
Label: Virgin Classics

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond; Lorin Maazel
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Bournemouth Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 1; Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: Kurt Masur
Label: Teldec

-10 Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-The Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Bernard Haitink
Label: Philips

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-The Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphonies 1-10 (15-CD set)
Orch: Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Cond: Eliahu Inbal
Label: Brilliant Classics

-Symphony Nos. 1-10 (14-CD set)
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Lorin Maazel
Label: Warner Classics
 
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#5 ·
I don't have enough time or space to list!!!!!!!

Well maybe time then. It would take me awhile to type them all. But here are some major players:

Complete sets:

Boulez
Tilson Thomas (almost complete)
Tennstedt
Bernstein (DG set)
Bertini
Kubelik
Zander(almost complete)
Mahlerfest-Olson
Abbado

Individual recordings number in the hundreds. Maybe I will have some time later to type them in.

Jim
 
#6 · (Edited)
That's a good collection there Handlebar. Most of my collection is tied up in box sets, but as you can see I own a bunch of individual releases too:

Complete sets:

Chailly
Bernstein (Sony)
Tennstedt
Inbal
Kubelik
Abbado
Maazel
Rattle
Haitink

I'm in the process of completing the Boulez cycle and also I want to get the Bertini and Bernstein (DG) sets as well.
 
#7 ·
I admire the Bertini set except that a few track listings are wrong. Other than that I found it very well done for a conductor of less popularity.
I also own the following conductors representing various works:

Chailly
Mitropolous
Klemperer
Kletzki
Haitink
Barenboim
Furtwangler
Inbal
Maazel
Rattle
Solti
Horenstein
Barbirolli
Stokowski
Muti
Jarvi
Kegel
Haerchen
Davis
Janssons

and many more.

Jim
 
#8 ·
I admire the Bertini set except that a few track listings are wrong. Other than that I found it very well done for a conductor of less popularity.
I also own the following conductors representing various works:

Chailly
Mitropolous
Klemperer
Kletzki
Haitink
Barenboim
Furtwangler
Inbal
Maazel
Rattle
Solti
Horenstein
Barbirolli
Stokowski
Muti
Jarvi
Kegel
Haerchen
Davis
Janssons

and many more.

Jim
I'm surprised you don't own Bernstein on Sony, Handlebar. It got a lot better reviews than his DG set. I think you should consider that set. It's really good.

I'm also surprised you don't own the Chailly set on Decca. It's really good too, of course no complete cycle is perfect.

I also forgot to add the Haitink Mahler cycle to my completed list. :)
 
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I would say that if forced LOL to choose a complete set as a desert-island-set, it would be Tilson Thomas. For a few reasons:
1:quality of sound. Incredible sonics with either CD or SACD.
2:MTT's interpretation is spot on with the score in most recordings. His use of brass especially.
3:presentation. The box along with liner notes are wonderful.

Second runner up would be the Boulez set and then third up the Kubelik. If Horenstein had recorded all of the works in stereo, I might be choosing him.
The Horenstein M3 is the best on record in my opinion. Bar none.

While I agree that Rattle is good, he is a little spotty in some recordings. His best are the M2,M5 and M9,M10.

I own all the Rattle recordings except an M1,M8 and M7.
 
#13 ·
Well it's like I said no complete cycle is perfect. None of them. I haven't heard the MTT yet, but I'm definitely considering getting them sometime down the road. They are too expensive right now.
 
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I think the Shostakovich fans need more therapy... and I'm afraid I may soon fall into that category as well sooner or later...

I'm not so accomplished a Mahler collector as some others; the only complete set I have is Bernstein's on Sony. Some of my favorites of the lot, actually, are in there, and it was my second Mahler recording (my first being Rattle's 10th with Berlin).

Others I have...
Chailly in 3, 8, 9
Mitropoulos in 1, 6 (WDR), 8
Mengelberg in 4
Walter in 1 (Columbia), 5, 9 (both of them)
Solti in 2, 8 (neither of which I really like)
Ozawa in 2 (the festival orchestra one), 8 (one of the best IMO)
MTT in 2, 3, 7
Zander in 6
Barbirolli in 5, 6, 9
Bernstein DG in 1, 2, 5
Tennstedt in 1, 2
Ormandy in 2, 10
Rattle in 10 (Berlin)
Horenstein in 3, 6 (a joke)
Reiner in 4, Das Lied
Abbado in 1 (Chicago, I think...)
Shaw in 8


As for favorites...
1- Bernstein/Concertgebouw (still not the best it could be, I don't think...)
2- Ormandy/Philadelphia, hands down. Shame it never made it to CD. (second place goes to Bernstein/NYPO on Sony)
3- Bernstein/NYPO/Sony
4- Mengelberg/Concergebouw
5- Barbirolli/Phiharmonia
6- Weird thing about this piece is that I really can't find a favorite yet. It seems each one has its weird little quirks. If pressed I would have to say Mitropoulos/WDR, but Barbirolli comes in close behind.
7- I can't quite get my head around this piece. It's insane. Bernstein/NYPO/Sony seems very good though. I'll look at some others.
8- Ozawa/BSO
9- I'm gonna wait a bit on this, I might actually get a really good slower-tempo one soon (Chailly sometimes sounds a bit too saggy in the last movement, the others are too fast). I'm looking at Bernstein's only collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic on that one. A live concert, said to be the single most intense Mahler 9th ever recorded. Finale at about 26 minutes or so; sounds about right.
10- ... no. Adagio only: Bernstein/NYPO. I don't trust the rest of the symphony.
Das Lied- Reiner/Chicago, owing to it STILL being my only Das Lied after some time over a whole year of collecting Mahler works. It's seriously that good. Mahler fans who don't have this owe it to themselves to get it. Hear it at least. Then you'll want to get it.
 
#15 ·
I think the Shostakovich fans need more therapy... and I'm afraid I may soon fall into that category as well sooner or later...

I'm not so accomplished a Mahler collector as some others; the only complete set I have is Bernstein's on Sony. Some of my favorites of the lot, actually, are in there, and it was my second Mahler recording (my first being Rattle's 10th with Berlin).
Don't forget about the Bruckner fans. I'm becoming a huge Bruckner fan, so I will begin my treatment sessions soon.

I'm able to collect so much because I don't really do anything else much. I don't go out. I buy groceries at the market and cook at home. I'm not married and I have no kids.
 
#16 ·
What do people think of the Mahler symphonies recorded by Naxos? I think they have a couple of cycles, one with a Polish orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit. Are these any good? I'm thinking of getting some of his symphonies seperately on this label, so what do people think?

I think there is no problem with having an 'addiction' to Mahler, or to Shostakovich or Bruckner, for that matter. :) I myself haven't heard all of their symphonies, but I do enjoy some of them & have seperate recordings. I especially like Mahler's 4th, a profound yet really accessible work.
 
#18 ·
I'm not sure about the Naxos recordings of Mahler. They have disappointed me in the past, so I only buy what I'm familiar with from them now and they're Mahler is rarely ever discussed.

I think it's important to get the big sets first: Kubelik, Bernstein, Tennstedt, Chailly, etc. These are the ones to consider before plunking down any kind of money for something that might not be as good as the sets I just mentioned.

I think with Naxos it's important to remember just because it's cheap doesn't mean it's good. They have produced some great recordings no question about it, but they're on the bottom of my own list when it comes to Mahler and many other composers' works.
 
#20 · (Edited)
Well sure and I'm not putting Naxos down, but I think there's a lot better cycles available elsewhere.

I would only consider them as a last resort. To the person wanting to get some Mahler: I would save up my money and just buy the Tennstedt, Bernstein, or Kubelik and be done with it.
 
#21 ·
I dont have much Mahler but what I have I like :):

Symphony No. 1 - Solti/LSO
Symphony No. 2 - Klemperer/Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No. 3 - Haitink/Concertgebouw Orchestra
Symphony No. 4 - Karajan/BPO
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 - Tennstedt/London Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 5 - Karajan/BPO
Symphony No. 5 - Barbirolli/New Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphony No. 6 - Bernstein/NYPO
Symphony No. 6 - Karajan/BPO
Symphony No. 7 - Solti/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 9 - Bernstein/NYPO
Symphony No. 9 - Karajan/BPO
Symphony No. 10 - Rattle/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Das Lied Von Der Erde - Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orchestra
Lieder - Janet Baker/Barbirolli/Halle & New Philharmonia Orchestra

I have just purchased The Complete Symphonies: Tennstedt/London Philharmonic Orchestra which I look forward to hearing:


Plan to purchase Symphony No. 8 By Solti/Chicago Symphony Orchestra at some stage too :)
 
#23 ·
AH! I just recently really became obsessed with Mahler, though I owned many works of his conducted by Rattle and Kublik. I DID just recently bought, for 35$ I might add, all of his symphony's conducted by Bernstein. =D The box set was at this local cd shop that hardly has any classical. They didn't know what they had I guess. ;)
 
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Question to Mahler addicts:

Were you instantly hooked, or was approaching Mahler something you built up to?

I really like his 1st Symphony, but as I've tried to listen to later ones, they are just so huge and daunting! I suppose I mostly hang around in the Baroque/Classical, and Mahler is about is Romantic as it gets, so maybe that has something to do with it. I guess I just feel like I'm not able to obtain a foothold!
 
#25 ·
Well Mahler, for me anyway, was kind of a hard nut to crack. I mean I didn't really connect with his music right away, but then I heard a version of Symphony No. 9 from Simon Rattle and the Berliners and that's all it took. Something about that particular recording just hooked me on Mahler. After that point, there was no looking back. :D

I think the best thing to do is take your time with him. Don't expect everything to just be there laid out for you. You have to make more of an effort to enjoy Mahler, but trust me when I tell you this, it's totally worth it. He's really....I'm lost for words here...he's really something else. He's not of this planet.
 
#27 ·
Updated Mahler collection as of 4-25-09:

- Symphony No. 1 "Titan" And Symphony No. 10 "Adagio"
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

- The Complete Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

- Symphony No. 4 (Hybrid SACD)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Fritz Reiner
Label: RCA

-Symphonies 1-10 (10-CD set)
Orch: Bavarian Radio Symphony
Cond: Rafael Kubelik
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Robert Shaw
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 2/Symphony No. 10 (2-CD set)
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Zubin Mehta
Label: Decca

-The Complete Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond: Klaus Tennstedt
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond; Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Czech Philharmonic
Cond: Karel Ancerl
Label: Supraphon

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 1/Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels
Orch: Czech Philharmonic
Cond: Karel Ancerl
Label: Supraphon

-Symphony No. 1; Songs of the Wayfarer
Orch: Bavarian Radio Symphony
Cond: Rafael Kubelik
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 6; Zemlinsky: 6 Maeter Link
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Cincinnati Symphony
Cond: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: James Levine
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 3 (2-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphonies 1 & 9
Orch: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic
Cond; Andrew Litton, Libor Pesek
Label: Virgin Classics

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond; Lorin Maazel
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Bournemouth Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 1; Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: Kurt Masur
Label: Teldec

-10 Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-The Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Bernard Haitink
Label: Philips

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-The Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphonies 1-10 (15-CD set)
Orch: Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Cond: Eliahu Inbal
Label: Brilliant Classics

-Symphony Nos. 1-10 (14-CD set)
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Lorin Maazel
Label: Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: London Symphony
Cond: Michael Tilson Thomas
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 1. Blumine
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Cond: David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 5; Lieder aus Des Kraben
Orch: Finnish Radio Symphony
Cond: Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Andrew Litton, Charles Mackerras
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Cond: David Zinman
Label: Apex

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Georg Solti
Label; Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Cond: Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Daniel Barenboim
Label: Teldec

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Dresden Staatskapelle
Cond; Sinopoli
Label: Profil

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: London Symphony
Cond: Harold Farberman
Label: Vox

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Philadelphia Orchestra
Cond: Eugene Ormandy
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-The Song of the Earth (SACD)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Fritz Reiner
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Carlo Maria Giulini
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 3
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle
Cond; David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Adagio Mahler
Orch: Polish Radio Symphony
Cond; Antoni Wit
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond: Eugene Ormandy
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; Riccard Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond; Jascha Horenstein
Label: Classics for Pleasure (EMI)

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio
Cond; Antoni Wit
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Riccard Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: London Symphony
Cond; Harold Farberman
Label: Vox

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: St. Louis Symphony
Cond: L. Slatkin
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond; Zubin Mehta
Label: Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Florida Philharmonic
Cond: James Judd
Label: Hmf
 
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I'm with handelbar here. :p At first listen, I knew I love his work, though I was into another composer at the time and ended up not listening to him for a good while later. Once Mirror Image brought him up again, I imidiatly started diging out the mahler again. ^^

By the way. If anybody is interested, I've just posted up "Der Einsame im Herbst" from "Das Lied von der Erde" up on youtube. I thought that some of you might not have heard it yet..

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E28C57DA6C3396AC

It's truly an amazingly haunting piece..
 
#32 ·
Updated Mahler collection as of 5-1-09:

- Symphony No. 1 "Titan" And Symphony No. 10 "Adagio"
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

- The Complete Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

- Symphony No. 4 (Hybrid SACD)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Fritz Reiner
Label: RCA

-Symphonies 1-10 (10-CD set)
Orch: Bavarian Radio Symphony
Cond: Rafael Kubelik
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Robert Shaw
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 2/Symphony No. 10 (2-CD set)
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Zubin Mehta
Label: Decca

-The Complete Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond: Klaus Tennstedt
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond; Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Czech Philharmonic
Cond: Karel Ancerl
Label: Supraphon

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 1/Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels
Orch: Czech Philharmonic
Cond: Karel Ancerl
Label: Supraphon

-Symphony No. 1; Songs of the Wayfarer
Orch: Bavarian Radio Symphony
Cond: Rafael Kubelik
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 6; Zemlinsky: 6 Maeter Link
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Cincinnati Symphony
Cond: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: James Levine
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 3 (2-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphonies 1 & 9
Orch: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic
Cond; Andrew Litton, Libor Pesek
Label: Virgin Classics

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond; Lorin Maazel
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Bournemouth Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 1; Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: Kurt Masur
Label: Teldec

-10 Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-The Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Bernard Haitink
Label: Philips

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-The Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphonies 1-10 (15-CD set)
Orch: Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Cond: Eliahu Inbal
Label: Brilliant Classics

-Symphony Nos. 1-10 (14-CD set)
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Lorin Maazel
Label: Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: London Symphony
Cond: Michael Tilson Thomas
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 1. Blumine
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Cond: David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 5; Lieder aus Des Kraben
Orch: Finnish Radio Symphony
Cond: Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Andrew Litton, Charles Mackerras
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Cond: David Zinman
Label: Apex

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Georg Solti
Label; Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Cond: Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Daniel Barenboim
Label: Teldec

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Dresden Staatskapelle
Cond; Sinopoli
Label: Profil

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: London Symphony
Cond: Harold Farberman
Label: Vox

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Philadelphia Orchestra
Cond: Eugene Ormandy
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-The Song of the Earth (SACD)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Fritz Reiner
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Carlo Maria Giulini
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 3
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle
Cond; David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Adagio Mahler
Orch: Polish Radio Symphony
Cond; Antoni Wit
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond: Eugene Ormandy
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; Riccard Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond; Jascha Horenstein
Label: Classics for Pleasure (EMI)

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio
Cond; Antoni Wit
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Riccard Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: London Symphony
Cond; Harold Farberman
Label: Vox

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: St. Louis Symphony
Cond: L. Slatkin
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond; Zubin Mehta
Label: Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Florida Philharmonic
Cond: James Judd
Label: Hmf

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Cond: David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Cond: David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Zurich Tohalle Orchestra
Cond: David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphonies 1-10; Das Lied von der Erde (11-CD set)
Orch: Cologne Radio Symphony
Cond: Gary Bertini
Label: EMI
 
#34 ·
Thanks Jim. It's a little easier for me to list mine, because I have my entire classical collection typed into the computer, which took me a good 4-5 hours to do, so all I have to do is bring up the file, copy, and paste. :D
 
#36 · (Edited)
The reason why it didn't take me that long is because I wrote down everything I bought before I decided to enter it into the computer. I already had it all organized before I started typing, which helps. ;)

But I have bought a ton since I started doing this on the computer and now when I buy something all I have to do is enter the CD in under the composer's name.

If you would have started off cataloging your collection on the computer at the beginning of your collecting, then you wouldn't have had to worry to much about it. Typing it all in is the hard part. The easy part is everything else.

I will say that there are no good CD cataloging programs available right now or at least a program that's not overly complicated to use. There needs to be a GUI based program that allows you catalog and allows you receive the information about the CD you are entering in from a source like AllMusic, GraceNote, the CD label's website, etc.

I use Microsoft Word 2007 for my cataloging.
 
#42 ·
Well that's my point when I got into the discussion with people about the buying CDs vs. downloads. Since I'm a collector, I like having masters of everything, but it's a lot more than just the music and owning that hard copy. It's about the information, the artwork, the credits, etc. and having it physically in your hands. There's nothing quite like it.
 
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