Mahler cannot be escaped from! Today I listened to a broadcast of Rotts's symphony., and I have just been bowled over by a performance of M6. A while ago I...
In a message dated 6/3/2009 5:59:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... bought his symph. Disappointment:D I did n't fimd much, if anything, of M. there. << ...
I am enjoying many of the recent list discussions while participating far less. ... Personally-- here I concur with Dave and Steve but (see below) ... I had...
... To some extent, in my view. To some extent only. I am not sure why (there are of course many reasons; the world was changing) Johann Christian Bach (to...
I don't recall claims that Hans Rott would have been the greatest but Mahler did suggest it should have been the two of them. Presumably, Gus thought that he...
First of all, Bravo to Paul in London for a most pellucid and dare i say more mature explanation of the Rott phenomenon. Bravo for a really fine explanation. ...
... Jay and anyone interested, You are spot on. The sound of every crazy Mahler instrument is amazingly present and the whole is really wild. I just...
... Ah, yes, I understand. Two things I'd like to mention (and they're closely related): 1. Sound quality All of us who listen to commercial recordings, radio...
Thanks a lot for the nice replies. It's good to know these uploads are being used. As for the date connected to the Leinsdorf M6, I would guess it was recorded...
Praise from Yoel is praise indeed. But it did occur to me that not only do we all have somewhat different ears but we listen differently in an intellectual...
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Sorry, having been looking at any posts for a while but I do have a question. The question is only addressed to those who have the 2001 Lenny-Mahler CD box (or...
Yoël I cannot answer your question about the orchestration. Could it be a microphone placing difference? But I recently heard the Baker/Bernstein/Israel...
... Jay, You see, this was the only time ever that I juxtaposed the two recordings and that's why the orchestral difference appeared so extreme. Of course the...
Dear all, Just so as not to appear to be an 'opportunist', I will not claim post number 25,000 to the Yahoo! Mahler Group. However, I thought it worth...
... dear Mike, If you have read all the posts, you are a far better man than I. With all groups there come for me periods when I have had enough. Sometimes ...
with much gratitude to Maulwurfchen who supplied the files and also to the anonymous member who split the whole into four files, I am reuploading the requested...
Ever since getting a 500giga hard drive over a year ago I've been on and off obsessed (whenever I have the time) with compiling my favorite Mahler recordings...
... I guess that Mitchell's book(s) are something I missed out on. I also hazard the guess that Mitchell would be(? I proceed with fear) more worthwhile for ...
A random point-- I had the enormous honor and pleasure of conducting "Wayfarer" and "Rueckert" with Maureen Forrester when Music Director of the Tulsa ...
In a message dated 6/26/2009 6:08:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... 1. Boulez, London SO (anyone else notice the sound is extremely muffled? I had to tweek...
Mahler's Ninth In the summer of 1912, the Vienna Philharmonic presented a week-long Music Festival that offered three "Ninths" - Beethoven's Ninth conducted by...
... this is a very rare occasion when I concur, yea agree with Steve on anything musical. As far as the *conflated* versions go, I find Thomas a big yawn. ...
... The interesting thing about your problem (whether real or as a game to stimulate discussion (good in either event) is that by the recordings you know, some...
... <<<< Das Klagende Lied: 1. Boulez, London SO (anyone else notice the sound is extremely muffled? I had to tweek this one to bring out the higher partials) ...
I'm doing some research for a London Music College which is aimed at assessing the viability of creating a database of orchestral performancer history, both ...