Also, even though I said I wouldn't, I went to the hall closet and found all my Mahler CDs - thankfully they were easy to get to. I listened to bits from each, but there was only one that I felt compelled to upload because comparing the others with this new Bernstein mastering, I didn't like any nearly as well. The much lauded and first choice for the third symphony, Horenstein on a Unicorn CD a) didn't sound great, and b) wasn't as emotional as the Bernstein - same with the Horenstein first. Klemperer was too harsh for me. And the others were okay. But the one I uploaded, interestingly, was the Barbirolli performance of the sixth - the only one in the Bernstein set that's a slight disappointment in both the first movement and the andante. The Barbirolli is very different in interpretation, with a much slower first movement, but the sound is great and I really like his take on the music, but the andante in his performance is everything I want from that music and you can hear them cow bells so clearly and it's so emotional. That will be my go-to sixth now, and Barbirolli's fifth is supposed to also be one for the ages - I have it here in its first CD incarnation, but subsequently it was remastered from the first generation tapes so I'll have that tomorrow.
