difficult to note

I put three stars not because the set is "good level without being transcendent" or because there 'successes and failures, "but because it is the average of five stars" génialissime is, yes Mahler is here !!! except maybe Bernstein no leader has gone as far in search of profound truth of this music "and a star" it is unacceptable to subject of Such distortions to partitions that Mahler was drawn with infinite care and clarifications want you here "ie the integral is for people who already know very well this music and who in their two or three complete compactothèque say more" Orthodox "(Haitink or Kubelik, even if one absolutely wants Bertini digital audio, Gielen is probably more daring but sometimes questionable, in my humble opinion) and it is not advisable to browse partitions at the same time we listen to these discs, you may skip more than once in the ceiling ... so for me, it would rather be five stars but it's totally subjective ... there are successes that no one will dispute (the Faust scene the Eighth Symphony is perhaps the most beautiful of all the discography, the end of the ninth Adagio is simply admirable and the first three movements of the Fourth are beautiful, among others) and there are at least questionable choices in Regarding tempi (the second Nachtmusik of the Seventh is the slowest of all the discography, even Klemperer did not dare do the same, the andante of the Sixth lasts nearly twenty minutes) and sound balance ( everywhere ...) and yet after being surprised at first listen, you think "why not" and listening to the second one begins to think that the spirit of this music is thus restored with a glaring truth itself if the letter is bullied more than once ... again, it's totally personal and subjective then up to you: if you enter the Sinopolienne approach (pardon the neologism) you will find almost everything great and you listen and réécouterez these recordings, we discover every time something new ... if you are allergic to this approach (no way to know until you try, that's the problem ...) you find unbearable and you may be right, so ...