Lucerne Mahler on Blu-Ray

[Guest]

I can't see that anyone has noted this, but I've spotted that all Abbado's Lucerne Mahlers are about to be released (next week) on a boxed set of Blu-Rays. Presto have the set at something under 100 beer vouchers. I've been too mean hitherto to buy a Blu-Ray player, but this might help to sway me!

[Bryn]

Blah DVD are asking just £76.45 including p&p for that set of 4 Blu-rays with Symphonies 1 to 7 on them. Anyone found a better price?

Aha! £69.45 from MDT (with 'free' 2nd Class postage).

[Alf-Prufrock]

I already have Mahler 1-7 with Lucerne/Abbado but in DVD. Superb. If I remember correctly, there were some problems over the Bluray issues of some of them, the surround sound being artificially created from the stereo track, I believe. It would be best before buying to check this point if the surround sound is important for you. It may seem odd but the DVD surround sound is excellent : the sound recording systems are different. The stereo tracks for both media are fine.

[Bryn]

Hmm, there do indeed seem to be a fair few reports of problems with the surround audio content of the Blu-ray issues. Thanks for raising this problem. I have successfully cancelled my order with MDT. Thanks are due to them for their swift repsonse to my emailed request for such.

[Uncle Monty]

Yes, thank you, AP. I too have the DVDs. Perhaps I'll stick with those (after all, they are all fabulous) and save my pennies

[makropulos]

Yes, thank you, AP. I too have the DVDs. Perhaps I'll stick with those (after all, they are all fabulous) and save my pennies

Among other things, you could use some of the saved pennies to buy the DVD of Abbado's Lucerne Mahler 9 (on a different label) - to my ears it's one of the finest of the whole (superb) series.

[Bryn]

Too late for me to follow the same advice re. the Lucerne Mahler 9. I added it to the Young Mahlerians' DVD at the time of its UK release. However, I have instead used most of the saved outlay to order from MDT the new Mandelring boxed set of Shostakovich String Quartets and a couple of Australian Eloquence doubles (the Grainger, and Stravinsky Soldier's Tale etc.).