this is definitely the definitive box set of mahlers 9 symphonies.three things decided me,your excellent reviewers and from experience you can't go wrong with decca or solti and am thoroughly delighted with this set.I will certainly recommend it and caution others not to settle for anything else,if you do you will always know there was something far superior out there.never have I heard the finale of his 8th.symphony played so hauntingly beautiful and if this is not enough,the transfers to c.d.are remarkably clean without being clinical and there is warmth there that you only expected on l.p.s.very well done all round cliffy3 people found this helpful