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In Reply to: RE: A second Mahler symphonies cycle thread, if you don't mind posted by vahe on August 12, 2012 at 07:53:36
I agree with this:
"To me Mahler orchestration begs for uncompressed recording, that is only way to hear this music, the massive ups and downs of what an orchestra is capable of. yes Bruno Walter, Klemperer, Barbirolli and may others left us some memorable performances but their recordings do not offer what Mahler had in mind, the sound is compromised, you do not get the full picture."
As an example there is a drum roll crescendo in the last movement of the second that I never really got until I heard it live with full dynamics. To me it was an alarm clock to wake up the dead for the resurrection. I have noted similar effects in the fifth with fully dynamics - a mocking laughter, in the 9th the sound of a fart (seriously). The problem is in my experience you need to hear it live to get it. SACD comes closest, but not quite there.
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