I never heard any of Levine's Mahler except his RCA with Chicago doing Mahler 7...and I think that his Mahler 7 is a hoot that rocks and rolls with wild abandon. It is one of the most fun recordings of Mahler's 7th I have hear to date.
What makes this particular Mahler attractive (and assuming that Levine's other Mahler recordings were done the same way) is that No. 7 is a Sound Stream digital recording. Telarc has a few SACD remakes of their Sound Stream recordings that made the transition to SACD just fine....therefore I bet that any of the Levine/Mahler recordings that are Sound Stream would make great remasters....now, will RCA ever be so nice to us????
Cheers,
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