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The greatest Mahler fifth doesn't exist. It was this work as conducted by Mahler. Fortunately there is a piano roll of the first movement of the work as played by Mahler. Walter's tempi are a little more rapid, perhaps by as much as eight minutes over Mahler's performance timings. However, Walter gets two important points right. The adagietto is played and paced almost perfectly. Norrington's overall routine performance sports perhaps the best adagietto. Very few conductors get this right. The "suddenly passionate wild" section in the first movement is usually overdone. Boulez's decent performance of the work plays that section perfectly, but nothing else is that good (including a too slow adagietto). Walter is almost perfect in this section and almost perfect elsewhere. Listen to the character and expression of the opening of the first movement. There are other ways to play this work and other good performances. This one (while not good enough) is the best.