Decca Company 414194-2dh [1CD] Original 1952
Tenor: Julius Pacek
Contralto: Katherine ferrier.
Performance: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Dika Company republishes Legend Series 466 576-2 DM[ 1CD].
"History" Series 8 reprinted by Naxos Company.110871[1CD].
Decca and Naxos both added "I no longer exist in the world", which is selected from five poems by Luckett. I breathe the fragrance of the bodhi tree. midnight
EMI company CDC 74723 1 2[ 1CD]
Tenor: Fritz Wunderlich
Contralto: Krista Ludwig
Commander: Otto klemperer.
Performance: Philharmonic Orchestra and New Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI reprints the "Great Recording of the Century" series CDM 5 66944 2[ 1CD].
The word "best version" itself is problematic. Art is not technology and cannot be quantified, so the best version should vary from person to person.
Bruno Walter 1952 I have the original. Mahler's student Walter premiered this masterpiece at 19 1 1. His interpretation should be the closest to Mahler himself, and Catherine Ferrer's performance is regarded as a masterpiece of the world.
Of course, Otto klemperer's version is first-class, and the sound effect is better than Bruno Walter's version.