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It is not that I do not like Mahler: I like him but I do not love him. I listen Mahler for a while and am quite familiar with most of recorded performances, heard “live” in a number of occasions the Mahler’s symphonies and songs, read a lot abo...
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Holly cow, who could even expect that it will be so! BSO opened today the summer season with Mahler second. Levine is at his, look to be permanent recovery, and Michael Tilson Thomas stood at the podium. Tanglewood Festival Chorus, soprano Layla Clai...
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As some of your might know I am not huge in Mahler. It is not that I hate Mahler and his music but I do not like how Mahler music is customary being played. They play Mahler like it is some kind of scared porcupine, sticking out his needles; I do not...
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[quote user="cv"]Did you find that instead of resurrecting your interest it finished it off and its now Bruckner all the way? Or did recent changes in the Macondo bass config reveal something new?[/quote]Somebody once asked me what I like in Bruckner...
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My local “Borders” in Downtown Crossing always has some interesting music. I have no idea why but they have it all but if I stop by in their small classical section I always fish something “kinky”. Today I pulled of from there a few CDs and among th...
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There are some “unlucky” compositions for “audio people”. For instance the Mozart’s Requiem: still there is no good performance of this work committed to a recording media. Yes, there are more or less OK performances of the Requiem but the comple...
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It is not that I do not like Mahler: I like him but I do not love him. I listen Mahler for a while and am quite familiar with most of recorded performances, heard “live” in a number of occasions the Mahler’s symphonies and songs, read a lot abo...
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I'm way out of my depth here, I think I know what you mean Romy; my own feeling about Mahler is that just when he's developing what could be the most haunting melody or lyrical phrase he gets bored with it and goes off on a tangent. Not always, of co...
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Well, let call it Slav music. All Russian composers of 20 century were in one way of other took the torch from Rimsky-Korsakov. Ironically I’m not a big fun of Rimsky-Korsakov’ symphonic music because it is too Slav, overwhelmingly and insultingly Sl...
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I spent today couple hours starting to search the DPoLS for Macondo. So far I am far from target but the experience was quite amassing. The “new”, properly aligned Macondo, with the bells and Water Drop and whistles does quite well. I have some “test...
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Was Argerich and Abbado the artistic match made in haven? The best play that Argerich ever released on record was with Claudio Abbado....BTW, I usually am very cooled in whatever Gergiev does...The caT...
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A good new Mahler 6? You should not tell me any longer. Is it the recording from “Zyx Records”?
http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphony-No-6-Tragical/dp/B000025Y52/
Yep, the small budget labels can be a pain in ass but they also can care some really ...
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Yes, that's the one. I look forward to hearing what you think - but I am sure you will not be disappointed (remember to fasten your seat-belt before pressing 'play' on your CD player!!).It is also very well worthwhile looking out for the ...
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[quote user="JANDL100"] Re: the Mahler "Nanut set" - I think you might find that symphonies 2, 3, 7, 8 & 9 are not by Nanut after all. But please let me know if I am wrong about that![/quote]I got the CD SET yesterday. Here is what it...
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Wow - Romy, that's quite a find.Nanut in Mahler 7 8 9 10 ?! - I MUST get them! I have the other Nanut Mahler recordings already. Sadly, I can't find the set in the UK. It's useful to know it exists though.And Romy, have you lis...
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[quote user="JANDL100"] The Barbirolli / VPO Brahms 4 is waaaay too slow for me though - I just cannot get into the music when it's played that way. I do like some "slow" classics though - I love the way Celibidace slows a lot of music do...
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Who listens to the Mahler 1, "Titan"? Me either until, refusing to come down from Kubelik's New World, I re-tried K's Mahler 1, done here with Vienna Philharmonic, some time back.I talked about my music/sound "Divergence" epiphany on the P...
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Hey Paul,I like the #1 a lot. I have a recording with Leonard Bernstein and the Concertgebouw orchestra. I hope I got that right..It starts off so light and cheerful. Building up, up, up and then there's this phenomenal depth and weight to it. Makes ...
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http://highdeftapetransfers.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=50...
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If you like the Nanut’s Mahler 6 then you must hear what BSO did last night. Levin lead BSO Boston Symphony over 3 days Mahler 6 concert. I am going to the last one that will be on Tuesday but yesterday I decided to listen and to record a live ...
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Fugue,
obviously your expertise in guitar world is involved. I never cherished guitar specifically and know little about it. There is a guy arond here from AU, Peter Foster – he post here sometimes – if I am not mistaken he ether owns gu...
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I never was a huge fun of this work but today was a WGBH’s live-to-tape broadcast with BSO played under British Mark Wigglesworth with soprano Juliane Banse. The concert was a month ago and I missed it live. To my big surprise I truly did not re...
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Apparently, this was one of those works that the artist just can't leave alone. I think it was rather late in the "ongoing development" of this piece that Mahler finally decided to drop the discursive programs and play it straight.I like B. Walter, ...
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There was so much publicity around this performance last weeks. I heard the whole recording on NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113551695
…and really did not like it. Today the WENH - the New Hampshire PB...
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Yesterday I was listening an broadcast from Netherlands over FM with Mariss Jansons leading Concertgebouw and Netherlands Radio Choir with Mahler’s Resurrection. The play was horrible, starting from playing of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and ending...
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Romy,FWIW I listened to a lot of Bruckner and Mahler when I was younger. Over time I noticed that I preferred Mahler when he was more objective and Bruckner when he was more subjective. So at my riper age I listen to Mahler's Sym 2 and 9 and occas...
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[quote user="zako"]What would I do if I lost every thing in a fire ?? I reflect back, when I was a youngster...care free with no possessions,,,I,m much older than you,,Life was much simpler,, What would i do different ??....I would not rebuild any ...
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[quote user="oxric"] I know you use words in a very random fashion but in my opinion, there is something repellent in qualifying my interest in Vitavox drivers as 'autistic.' The predicament of people who suffer from these sometimes debilitating ...
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I do not read printed audio publications. The last one I held in hands it was a year ago or more. Today I stop by in my local Burlington Barnes and Noble and since I was there already I took 3 Stereophile and 2 issues of TAS from newsstand, bough...
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