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July 15, 2012
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Haitink has recorded several Mahler cycles during his career. In the early seventies and later in the mid 80’s he recorded with the Concertgebouw Orchestra followed by an almost complete series with BPO in the early 90’s (both on CD and DVD) and more recently, live recordings with CSO, the ... more |
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July 12, 2012
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After the first listening session I was perplexed about this recording; had I been listening to only dull performances of the 7th of Mahler before, or differently put, does Mariss Jansons extract more music from a score than any other conductor? The answer is probably not but fact is that this ... more |
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July 11, 2012
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Mahler 6 and Henze: Sebastian im Traum (2003-04)-Jansons, KCO live.
According to writers of his time, Mahler himself was shocked after hearing the premiere of his own recently (1906) completed 6th symphony. Only the Scherzo gives a bit of relieve but all other movements end into tragedy. The ... more |
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July 11, 2012
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Mahler’s 6th starts off with a grim march and ends with a sudden blast of A minor accord accentuated by big drum. The two middle movements, the Scherzo and a moderate Andante, are thematically interwoven with the 1st and 4th movement, almost like how Bach puzzled with themes in his “kunst der Fuge”. ... more |
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July 9, 2012
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Plenty of Mahler 5 releases on SACD and RBCD are available and there are many good performances among them. Among them I count Haitink, Abbado, Chailly, Tilson Thomas, Bernstein and Boulez and this list is not complete for sure.
For starters in Mahler’s music the 5th is maybe the best option to ... more |
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