I have heard the Barbirolli Mahler 6/Strauss Metamorphosen and it sounds superb (MUCH better than the Karajan/BPO M6 on Esoteric/DG which is almost inaudible). I think finally Warner are giving the UK in 2020, what EMI in Japan have had for many years (though I never could understand the fuss over their Klemperer/NPO Mahler 9).
The sound on some of these Warner remasterings is actually a revelation to my ears (Cluytens divides his strings antiphonally if you never guessed it before). Take the third movement of the Barbirolli M6. When do you ever get to hear that single bar of the harp in that great string surge at about 6 minutes in (well it's crystal clear in this recording now). You can now hear cowbells during the final climax - though any other defects in this andante are down to Barbirolli and not the recording itself. The New Philharmonia sounds so gorgeous on this recording (terrifying at 21'00 in the last movement - what a bass sound) I'm no longer distracted by the occasional errors in the playing. The Metamorphosen... well. It's monumental.
Has anyone compared the warner re-mastering with the EMI originals? I was impressed with the improvement in Elgar Symphony No 1
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