Archive for the ‘Symphony No 9’ Category
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Overall Rating:
Total Customer Reviews: (3)
Seller: Amazon
It's very hard to the New York Philharmonic to turn in a bad performance of a Mahler symphony. They simply know the music too well. So this Ninth is very well played, and well recorded too. Kurt Masur's interpretation is interesting, in that he throws the weight of the work onto the finale. The problem with this is that the first movement, consider[Read More]
Bruno Walter Conducts and Talks About Mahler Symphony No. 9
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Overall Rating:
Total Customer Reviews: (8)
Seller: Amazon
It was to Bruno Walter that Mahler entrusted the score of his Ninth Symphony in the autumn of 1910, knowing that he himself would not live to conduct the premiere. Walter gave the premiere on June 26, 1912, in Vienna, and throughout his long career remained the work's greatest champion. He was 84 when he made this recording, and the reading he elic[Read More]
