Jeffrey, I don't know if you're aware that the Flipse Mahler 8 was issued on CD back in 2011. The recording was issued by the Rotterdam Philharmonic themselves. I'm not sure if it's still available but it would be worth checking out on the orchestra's website. I reviewed the recording here https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/Feb11/mahler68_rotterdam.htm
"it is surprising just how many of those pioneering recordings stand up today; I guess they were often real "events" and meticulously rehearsed under the best conductors."
Those who possess the Philips Classical Favourites LPs of Mahler 8 (a live recording under Eduard Flipse) will be familiar with the lengths the conductor took to obtain a recording that is free of extraneous noises including having traffic re-routed away from the concert hall and employing a team of men to chase pigeons off the roof of the building - a good job it was a day free of thunderstorms.
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