BaL 16.02.13 - Mahler's 6th Symphony in A minor

[Alison]

Alison
Just in case you realised you missed Edward S, you can comfort yourself this Saturday morning (23rd) on CD Review:

"10.30am
Andrew talks to Edward Seckerson about recordings of symphonies by Mahler, Bruckner and Shostakovich"

Pleased to report I shall be at work for this one.

[Thropplenoggin]

Pleased to report I shall be at work for this one.

Don't worry - there's always iPlayer!

[Nick Armstrong]

Pleased to report I shall be at work for this one.

Alison, honestly I would try and have a listen. There were in fact no Mahler discs, contrary to billing - and ES was pretty spot on concerning the Bruckner and Shostakovich discs reviewed, I thought

[Alison]

Alison, honestly I would try and have a listen. There were in fact no Mahler discs, contrary to billing - and ES was pretty spot on concerning the Bruckner and Shostakovich discs reviewed, I thought

Ok, might have a go; not sure what's under review but probably not many Bernstein or MTT yardsticks for Seckers to bore us with

[Nick Armstrong]

Ok, might have a go; not sure what's under review but probably not many Bernstein or MTT yardsticks for Seckers to bore us with

Neither of those gentlemen was mentioned!

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7351-CD-Review-A-thread-to-discuss-non-BaL-discs-reviewed-etc&p=265481#post265481

[Madame Suggia]

Still think Boulez and the VPO woz robbed

[Barbirollians]

I suppose JJ was truly on a hiding to nothing in this BAL . All but Abbado and Fischer fans were not going to be happy !

[Karafan]

Many years ago, back in the '70's indeed, when Haitink was recording the three main Stravinsky ballets with the LPO in the Kingsway Hall....

A useful bit of extra info there Lauire, thanks. I do like to know the recording venues and my Philips disc for the Rite and Petrouchka just says "London, 1/73". I will enjoy it all the more knowing it is a KH special!

[Nick Armstrong]

A useful bit of extra info there Lauire, thanks. I do like to know the recording venues and my Philips disc for the Rite and Petrouchka just says "London, 1/73". I will enjoy it all the more knowing it is a KH special!

I'm sure Gordon had that nailed!

[Karafan]

I'm sure Gordon had that nailed!

Yes, indeed, our resident KH supremo!

[Nick Armstrong]

My copy of the Chailly/Concertgebouw performance has arrived, from the only reasonably-priced source I could find (in France) for this apparently rare deleted recording. Anxious to play it... I wish I wasn't out tonight and only home late

[Barbirollians]

My copy of the Chailly/Concertgebouw performance has arrived, from the only reasonably-priced source I could find (in France) for this apparently rare deleted recording. Anxious to play it... I wish I wasn't out tonight and only home late

Did you catch his awesome PROMS account of the piece last year Caliban ?

[rank_and_file]

If you are interested some kind person has posted the Abbado/Lucerne Festival Orchestra DVD on YouTube as one complete file here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqqk0cfaA8Y

As I downloaded it, intrigued to spot the pretty eminent players - Meyer and Gutman as examples. Amused that the camera oddly highlights the triangle for the odd note, completely inaudible!

There’s a Mahler 2 which I downloaded, but have not listened to yet.

[mathias broucek]

Bump!

Have been away on hols and had a listen to the finales of all the 6ths on my (60GB) iPod. Reactions were as follows.

Solti - "brilliant" but ultimately too much like a concerto for orchestra and not human enough

Abbado/CSO - lovely textures and well played but not enough drama

Karajan/BPO - beautifully played yet utterly misconceived, lacking the sense of tragedy

Kubelik (Audite) - nicely rugged, quite modern sounding at times and the best introduction

Tennstedt (LPO Live) - v exciting but not coherently structured to my ear - I need to hear the live EMI again

Mitropoulos (NYPO) - simply staggering! Amazingly dramatic and incredibly well played for 1955. The winner!

[visualnickmos]

Bump!

Have been away on hols and had a listen to the finales of all the 6thank my (60GB) iPod. Reactions were as follows.

Solti - "brilliant" but ultimately too much like a concerto for orchestra and not human enough

Abbado/CSO - lovely textures and well played but not enough drama

Karajan/BPO - beautifully played yet utterly misconceived, lacking the sense of tragedy

Kubelik (Audite) - nicely rugged, quite modern sounding at times and the best introduction

Tennstedt (LPO Live) - v exciting but not coherently structured to my ear - I need to hear the live EMI again

Mitropoulos (NYPO) - simply staggering! Amazingly dramatic and incredibly well played for 1955. The winner!

What about Szell/Cleveland - a live recording, but you'd hardly know it (no winter coughs and snuffles here) I adore this Mahler sixth, but then it is perhaps his most personal work and all that entails...