... No, he does not. He doesn't like what it does to the sound of his orchestra. ("I have to spend 3 weeks cleaning it up again.") Though he was going to...
In a message dated 11/18/2009 6:55:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... "French" and "German" brass, even in American orchestras. Is this the kind of difference...
In a message dated 11/18/2009 6:55:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... skeptical of such musical Mahler-Fourth / Wife nepotism << Yes -- it doesn't always...
"His" orchestra ? This sounds interesting. Do you know if he regards Mahler as appropriate for other orchestras ? Thanks for the amusing info anyway. Â All...
That's what I thought was meant. A few years ago I was listening to some children singing Christmas music from Australia. The pronunciations were all wrong,...
In a message dated 11/18/2009 6:55:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mahler@yahoogroups.com writes: If a Fourth Symphony can easily be undone by an inappropriate...
In a message dated 11/18/2009 6:55:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... in its forward-momentum… steady and secure like a sewing machine. Understated, but...
Inflated textures and sluggish tempi for a start... jl ... From: George To: mahler@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:47:04 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [Y!...
Not exactly a novelty nowadays though not so widespread in Mahler as in Bruckner. I think that he has the same rights to make a mess out of Mahler's music as...
Yoel has a point. The more info we get about an artist the less we actually know him (as opposed to "know about him"). This is of course inevitable for the...
The Denon Inbal GM IVth with the FPO is by far the best recording I have ever heard of this worl..which may not say much but I have heard it at least 100...
Hmm. You guys are starting to convince me. Thought Mahler was more robust than that. -- "My only secret is you get up early in the morning and you work all...
... I happen for some reason to have once picked up an Originalfassung1878 live recording of Bruckner5 under Thielemann which runs on a single commercial DG...
... -- Actually, I think it is preposterous to claim that playing Mahler (or any specific kind of music) does *not* change the sound or balance of his...
... That's a fair, but ungenerous description. Among commercially available 5th, it's one of my favorites, though. But it is also a good example how Thielemann...
As for conductors having a personality that leads them away from certain music, I was with the Baltimore Symphony Chorus when Sergiu Commissiona announced he...
To start with, I don't know to what extent the Munich Philharmonic is Thielemann's orchestra. Is he the only conductor of the orchestra ? I guess not. Even in...
Mahler apart from Mahler. some graphics may not display properly in your e-mail program. <http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=1192>http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=1204...
In a message dated 11/20/2009 6:50:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... conducting could actually lend itself to the composer: A feeling for the 'moment' in...
In a message dated 11/20/2009 6:50:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... orchestra. Is he the only conductor of the orchestra ? I guess not. [...] Other ...
Jens mentions the Mahler-Berio connection, as expressed in the latter's "Sinfonia." I believe that, back in the '90s, there was a Teldec disc including ...
Which implies that conductors who don't care for clarity and precision (Furtwaengler being a typical case, I guess) are weak.  Best,  George, ... Από:...
... I unintentionally told a lie. Indeed I have all four performances of Horenstein KTL (Rehkemper, Forster, Anderson, and Baker). They are all, as it were, ...
... Doug and All, I don't understand the analogy. That you, as a music-lover and/or listener have preferences and don't respond at all OR respond very...
Mahler, moreover. some graphics may not display properly in your e-mail program. <http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=1192>http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=1218 ...
... thing, back in his Cleveland days. He always told his players (now I'm paraphrasing) that it was when they had weak guest conductors that they had to ...
In a message dated 11/21/2009 6:41:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ... believe that Rehkemper and Forster are studios, while Anderson and Baker are live...
Point taken, dear Steve. I think that the really weak conductors are not the ones who lack the skills to make an orchestra play with clarity and precision, but...
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