Part of that addiction, something shared by many fellow Mahlerians, is obsessive-compulsive Symphony-collecting disorder. Despite offering just over a dozen...
Lopez Cobos (Telarc) conducts the Cincinnati Orchestra in Remo Mazzetti’s performing version of the complete Tenth Symphony. Ouch! That's mostly a good...
including Helen Hunt-Lieberson in the Second Symphony I believe you mean the late, great Lorraine Hunt Lieberson -- though it's nice to know that Helen Hunt is...
yes , I also suffer from a terminal case of this rare disorder in the sense that is: Mahler symphony sydrome. Which is not as dangerous or contagious...
I am glad you mentioned Sibelius! I find it interesting to see Mahler-related discussion leading to other composers' works. About a year ago I heard one of...
... Dear Mike and all, the concert has also been uploaded. I downloaded it last night and have yet to listen to it. thanks for the as usual historical details...
Tuesday, 11.3.09, 5:00 am Gustav Mahler – Introduction (1.2) <http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=745> jfl /Here is the second part of an introduction and...
... << Have you tried the Davis/Boston on Philips? (The multimiked sound doesn't hold up as well on CD as it did on the original LP, but the performance is...
Wednesday, 11.4.09, 5:00 am Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.1 (Part 1) <http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=1000> jfl Gustav_Mahler_1 Johannes Brahms had just finished...
I was not listening very closely to the interpretation from measure to measure, or for Salonen's depth of the interpretation. I think it was just tempi chosen...
Hi Jens, You have a fairly good grasp of the history of the composition of Mahler's 1st Symphony, but there are some details of which you seem unaware. For a...
I also thought that the material prepared by Jens for WETA's listeners was on the whole pretty accurate. I appreciate the comments/corrections prepared by Joe...
Hi Mike, ... Wow, many thanks for that link! I didn't know about it. McClatchie's article is the one which prompted me to obtain a copy of that manuscript. I...
... Hi again Monz, No, I haven't seen the 1889 manuscript. There are some photos of the current condition of the bindings at the Paul Banks website. As you...
Good day Jens  I am a member of the GM gang ..and am listening to the 5th on the air live on WETA.. excellent treat..stream is a bit weak but clear.. Do...
... example of how the late romantic repertoire (Bruckner, Mahler, Wagner) has continuously been slowed down over the last decades, even as historical...
... Florida Philharmonic. [...] the disc includes the/Blumine/ movement that Mahler originally included in this symphony but later threw out. There are others...
I thought the entire Columbia Symphony experiment, the west coast version at least, was a mistake. Trying to use the primitive recording techniques of the...
<< By way of contrast, Walter is a fine example of how the late romantic repertoire (Bruckner, Mahler, Wagner) has continuously been slowed down over the last...
... Cleveland. You may change your mind.<< David, not sure where this came from. I was talking only about Walter -- not a word about Szell, who could hardly...
... is the only recording that really gets the spirit of the movement. Mahler did mark it "Heiter, bedächtig. Night eilen" after all. That translates to...
It was someone else but I have lost the post. He complained about Szell's lack of energy or something. I never heard that either. I've been comparing his...
Found it. It wasn't Szell it was Solti. My mistake. I heard him twice with Chicago on tour and the orchestra sounded spectacular. ... [Non-text portions of...
Mahler continues... http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=1090 Monday, 11.9.09, 12:00 pm Maybe I Do Love Mahler: The “International Cycle” on Classical WETA ...
In a message dated 11/10/2009 6:46:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mahler@yahoogroups.com writes: Claudio *Abbado*(Berlin Philharmonic, DG) will fill the...
More Mahler Tuesday, 11.10.09, 12:00 pm Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.2 (Part 2) <http://www.weta.org/fmblog/?p=1103> by Jens F. Laurson /This continues...
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