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These were the most outstanding of the modern versions that I included in the first version of this survey. That he often appeared unable, or unwilling, to deliver as convincingly as others did those passages when Mahler lightens his mood and tone. The third movement fares better with more of what has been missing in warmth and involvement, though there is still an impression of the metrical. Over the years my high regard in this survey for these two recordings by Barbirolli and Horenstein have generated more critical comment than any of my choices across the whole synoptic survey both in private e-mails and in public internet forums.

In that aspect we hear Mahler in the clear light of day, instrumental lines clear, the sharp edges in his sound palette thrown into relief, the romantic and emotional effects not so much played down as left to their own devices. Only Horenstein surpasses in the rhythmic pointing of the following Scherzo but Kubelik comes close as his sense of purpose seems to extend the chain of events that was begun at the very start, still pulling us on in one great procession. Boys and women's voices are used here to sing this angel's song about the redemption of sin from Das Knaben Wunderhorn.

Mahler Symphony No 3 - Horenstein and Bernstein never lose track of the plot where Rattle seems to have done at the start. Can Sinopoli maintain such a promising start?