>mfw the Alban Berg Quartet has the best Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, and Bartok string quartet cycles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IjznTlOIwM

>>127595425
Despite what others here will say, Rattle's Mahler is great, and, perhaps more importantly, it's distinctive and unique. His micromanaging brings out details and, as you said, color you won't get with anyone else.