Why that ? Mahler was a very experienced & celebrated conductor, but in all fields including opera & symphonic music. This might be the reason, why he (sometimes) filled his scores with remarks, accents, dots, cresc. & decresc. etc.
I am sure (and have some letters from that time, besides private photos of Mahler) that he insisted, that every dot of his compositions be played. It all depends on the margins which you set for the decrescendi & crescendi, the rubati, the dynamic. Bernstein was extremely emotional. We say, that Mahlers music is somewhat "drunk" . Bernstein did that best for me. He understood this decadent or morbid Viennese "Fin-de-Siecle" feeling. Bernstein watching the stage-horn-band for the Tristan first act, when we did it at JFK Center in D.C. 1979 with VPO: "Wagner must have been a very good f......r, because he wrote so f.....ng good music !" It says all about Bernstein´s character. He was really deep in the music. ######################################################################################### Am 16.03.2010 um 03:53 schrieb [email protected]: > I have that recording and although it's a cleaner recording (and you can > tell if the playing is cleaner or not), I don't agree that the interpretation > is better. > > Then again, I prefer Bernstein with anything Mahler - simply because he's > not afraid to get more blood out of the piece (and the players). I find most > conductors are too conservative with Mahler because he was so specific in > his scores - but I'm pretty sure Mahler would have conducted his own stuff > beyond what he wrote in his scores. > > -William > > > In a message dated 3/15/2010 9:04:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > New York Phil and Chambers? Not so much... > > I suggest the Chicago Symphony with Solti-- Clevenger is amazing, as is > the entire brass section. > > The recording used to be available on vinyl (remember that stuff?) as a > boxed set through London/Decca [ffrr: full frequency range recording] > #CSA-2228. > > Truly spectacular playing! > > Sincerely, > martin bender > > > On 2010-03-15, at 6:38 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I agree. The sad thing is I personally knew of a few people who thought >> that recording was terrible. >> >> Sure it's not digital recording technology. But the playing and the >> interpretation is unmatched in my opinion. >> >> -William >> >> >> In a message dated 3/15/2010 6:37:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> New York Philharmonic Bernstein, James Chambers, horn, if there's a >> better >> one, somebody tell me. >> >> >> In a message dated 3/15/2010 5:47:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Good day,listers. I would appreciate suggestions regarding your > favorite >> CD of Mahler 5, which I love but somehow missed getting a recording! >> Thanks in advance. >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/marksueron%40aol.co >> m >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/embee%40magma.ca >> > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
