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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8769 |
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I recieved this in the mail this week, and have already heard the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Symphonies and am VERY impressed. The greatest Historical Mahler Symphony Box set ever!
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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I was going to say I have plenty of Mahler...but my obsession is so severe that I'll probably order that
![]() Also, I may be a convert to Celibidache's Bruckner (his later readings)....this 8th is transporting me to another dimension |
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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8769 |
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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Current listening:
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Cailyn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 22 2014 Location: Wisconsin, USA Status: Offline Points: 120 |
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Love Brahms Symphony 4 and this is my favorite recording:
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http://www.cailynmusic.com
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Rick Robson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2013 Location: Rio de Janeiro Status: Offline Points: 1607 |
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Finally, this is proudly my most recent purchase: ![]() Recently gave my long awaited first listening to Mahler's 7th, and sincerely speaking it was a delightful experience, thanks for the suggestion Doug! But just after the third listening I could sense much better every subtle passage of this indeed majestic symphony. The second Mahler's I knew (the first was the 9th Symphony), and I'm loving again its atmosphere, seductive reiteration of an increasing tension throughout the entire symphony! Particularly fascinated by the 4th movement's so beautiful violin melodies, besides its more introspective and meditative spirit, a mood that I found even more intense in the 9th, though the latter was a more accessible symphony for me - especially the first and last movements which strike me the most, their intense melodies brought me out in goosebumps! Bruno Walter conducting role really impressed me, what a masterpiece is this recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eUKpw21ASc&feature=player_detailpage |
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Rick Robson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2013 Location: Rio de Janeiro Status: Offline Points: 1607 |
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Been listening to the fantastic Wilhelm Furtwangler conducting the amazing Brahms Symphony Nš 3, I turned out literally overwhelmed man! Wow.. what an emotionally intense recording I found of him on Youtube... and then again, I feel there much stress in a slower pace than ever, resulting even more emotionally deeper than the Karajan recording with BPO, the only one I own unfortunately (so far.)
I listened also to a recording of Abbado conducting the same Orchestra (BPO), and I'm loving it too, some interesting differences found in comparison with Karajan's. Just to make it more clear, I put below the Youtube link of his recording of the stunning 3rd. movement - also featuring a more slower tempo, besides a more smooth flowing throughout the secondary melodies than Karajan's imo. On the other hand, I always loved the stronger prominence of the whole instruments in Karajan's, something usual of him, and the more vibrato too, well he is indeed amongst my most beloved conductors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DjdjZRiSog4 (Herbert Von Karajan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=84FEMDX29Y8 (Karajan - 3rd. movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y30Sp-hoKsg (Wilhelm Furtwangler) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1trE3ms3AGo (Wilhelm - 3rd. movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lVsq8aACNfg (Claudio Abbado - 3rd. movement) |
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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That's one of the better ones. Abbado with the BPO is also very good. |
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Rick Robson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2013 Location: Rio de Janeiro Status: Offline Points: 1607 |
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I've been finding out very interesting recordings on Youtube, enjoyed pretty much also this Mahler's 7th recording, James Levine with the CSO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNYvcfljC54 What a good performance really... My first time listening to this conductor, I had read that he is a great Mahlerian, is that right? |
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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Ah...you've actually stumbled upon my favorite 7th. Levine is a great conductor period, but since he has been at the Met forever and is best known for conducting opera, he is often overlooked in the many orchestral works he has conducted over the decades. His Mahler readings are on the whole very good - I believe his 4th is among the best out there as well. I still don't quite put him on the level of Bernstein or Tennstedt but he is only a shade below. He has a relatively inexpensive Mahler cycle available, unfortunately it is incomplete - missing the 2nd and 8th. ![]() Oh, I have to add - Levine's 9th is also excellent. Any serious fan of Mahler should have the above in their collection, IMHO. |
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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8769 |
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^Glad to hear you are exploring Mahler's 7th, Ric. I also really admire Otto Klemperer's studio account which is slow, but never drags.
Bruno Walter is so good with Mahler, and his late 1950s studio recording of the 9th is well worth your time, as well.
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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8769 |
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^Patrick, I will check out that Levine Mahler set.
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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8769 |
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Hey, guys, I came across a youtube rare recording of Sir Thomas Beecham doing Brahm's 3rd, it is really gutsy, and emotional. Highly recommended.
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Rick Robson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2013 Location: Rio de Janeiro Status: Offline Points: 1607 |
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Interesting data about James Levine, and this 10 CD Set is already on my wishlist, thanks! Edited by Rick Robson - June 25 2015 at 20:24 |
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Rick Robson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2013 Location: Rio de Janeiro Status: Offline Points: 1607 |
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Yeah this Bruno Walter recording still is on my wishlist since when you suggested it for the first time. Otto Klemperer has been mentioned quite a lot in this thread Doug, and I'm looking forward to him as well, btw you mean his studio recording timings as being slow, I guess. Maybe it's just me, but as you already know: depending on the movement passage being performed I have been reckoning that whenever an interpreter manages uniquely to explore slower timings than those written in the score he has gotten the chance to explore an even more dramatic, emotional approach.. it's how I just told that I personally felt about Furtwangler doing Brahms' 3rd, his recording turned out for me the most energetic performance of Brahms, and he has turned out to be one of my favourite conductors, I'm now looking forward to his interpretation of the 2nd. And will look for that Thomas Beecham's on Youtube too ![]() |
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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8769 |
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^I did some listening and comparing with those Brahm's 3rd recordings you posted, Ric.
The orchestral texture sure is different. Karajan's vision is more cohesive, overall, and has a great unified approach. I like Furtwangler's approach more, though, as his texture is a deeper look into the striking changes going on in the orchestra during the unfolding of things. I'm sorry, but the Abbado does not really appeal to me. |
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Rick Robson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2013 Location: Rio de Janeiro Status: Offline Points: 1607 |
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![]() And yeah that Abbado's recording is not in the same league of them for me too.. |
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8769 |
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I just heard this wonderful version of Bruckner's 8th, done live by Klemp in 1964, highly recommended!
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DDPascalDD ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 06 2015 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 856 |
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I don't really know a lot of symphonies. Actually I just don't know much music at all, but I guess it's just my age (15) being the main reason, because I'm wanting to learn a lot more music including digging some classic classical symphonies. Though what I could recommend is the new composer Christopher Tin. He writes classical crossover albums for orchestra and choir (in ancient languages). Made just 2 of 'em, but really worth some good listens. It's a sound I instantly fell in love with!
His first album "Calling All Dawns" is the easiest to get into, including his (by far) most popular track "Baba Yetu", but IMO not quite his best one though. The second "The Drop That Contained the Sea" album is more... mysterious, but also more complicated and needs more listens to appreciate. |
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