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

[Beef Oven]

Earlier today I played Sinopoli's Philharmonia Mahler #6 for the first time. Liked what I heard.

Now this. It's in my top 5 Mahler 6s, along with Abbado, Karajan, Szell and ?!

[Alison]

I rather like the cover too.

Momentum is growing in the betting ring for a Boulez victory! 8-1 from 10-1.

I guess BPO/Abbado is still the market leader at 5-2 if some way from being my fav version.

[Thropplenoggin]

It's a work I've struggled and struggled to like. Pappano's live account drew me in more than most. I then fossicked about in my 're-sell' box for the Boulez and gave it another go the other day and found myself actually engaged. The sonic detail, so crucial in Mahler, is very impressive. Indeed, I think it gets pretty much everything right without over-egging anything or doing anything one might find controversial, such as Barbirolli's trudging opening. I have that recording, too. A remarkable account but I'd hardly say it's a library recommendation. The Boulez, however, could well be.

[BBMmk2]

Ist here anybody close enough to0 rival Abbado? Either Liucerne or the Berlioners? The only orchesdtra to rival is Abb ado's own Lucerne and that be the tops fopr me!!

[gurnemanz]

Earlier today I played Sinopoli's Philharmonia Mahler #6 for the first time. Liked what I heard.

Now this. It's in my top 5 Mahler 6s, along with Abbado, Karajan, Szell and ?!

Could be Franz Marc.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

My preferred version has been Boulez for some time, and he's received a decent hearing so far on the programme. and Abbado (Lucerne) is making headway, as usual...

[Thropplenoggin]

"This movement is too long and too noisy..." quoth Julian Johnson about the 4th Movement. My ears pricked up. That's exactly how I've always felt! I always sort of dread the sheer ordeal of getting through it. It's always felt like something to be endured rather than enjoyed.

[Thropplenoggin]

My preferred version has been Boulez for some time, and he's received a decent hearing so far on the programme. and Abbado (Lucerne) is making headway, as usual...

Yes. Both front runners with Jansons as the 50-1 outsider doing surprisingly well in the home straight.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

True. I'd hoped for a Roger Norrington / Stuttgart Mahler 7

Unlikely now as he's left Stuttgart to continue his damage elsewhere.

[Thropplenoggin]

Unlikely now as he's left Stuttgart to continue his damage elsewhere.

Bryn and JLW will have your guts for garters, sir!

[Pianoman]

Could be Franz Marc.

Alberto Magnelli 'Lyric Explosion no.7' 1918. In the Fauvist style....

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Bryn and JLW will have your guts for garters, sir!

Of course, but to return to topic, I was right to predict Abbado.

[Thropplenoggin]

Where the chuff did Boulez go?!



Two non-starters (Haitink and another name I missed) get mentioned at the end without any previous mention or excerpts played?! Curiouser and curiouser...



Kudos to JJ for the Ivan Fischer recommendation, tho'. I would commend him to every Mahlerian. Gorgeous detailed sonics and a clarity of vision of each work thus far. His 4th is unsurpassed, I feel.



It's called CD Review not DVD Review.

[Alison]

Can't say that final extract really grabbed me though

[Julien Sorel]

Unlikely now as he's left Stuttgart to continue his damage elsewhere.

I suppose there's not much scope for performing Mahler 7 with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Pity. Perhaps the VPO will give him a guest gig?

Speaking of damage, I suppose you know about this? http://www.swr.de/orchester-und-ense...kji/index.html