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One sits down to listen to music - what to choose? This was more of a problem in the past than now as previously it involved selecting a few items from the shelf until something suiting the mood was discovered.
But not now with a music server. Set it to play random tracks from the library until it hit the music G spot, stop play and go to that work. If that interpretation is not quite what you want, then select another.
Well that is exactly what just happened here. First up a track of Mahler's music suited the mood so Scherchen's 1958 interpretation of his Symphony No 2 (ripped from a DVD-A HDTT) was selected. I have other versions in the collection also prized but I stuck with this one. What beautiful music the work is. This might not be the most acclaimed version of the work - I have not investigated that, but it sure moved me.
Which interpretations do you favour?
John
Enjoying over 9000 mostly classical CDs via Sennheiser HD800 headphones & a NuForce DAC9 on a Meridian Sooloos system.
The main 7.1 MC electrostatic speaker system is enjoyed at night for A/V
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Old Otto nailed it with his Philharmonia recording/performance....ditto for his take on the Mahler 9th !! I have to admit though, Scherchen does a very good job as well.....excellent choice!
Tom B.
He rerecorded it a few years later with Columbia's house band, "Columbia Symphony Orchestra," which I also have, but the NY performance is better, and the best Resurrection Symphony I've ever heard, and I have most of the performances being listed in this thread.
Mali, check your collection....I am pretty sure he never recorded the 2nd with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra - I have both the original Columbia release and an Odyssey release and both are with the NYPO.
Here's what shows up on one of the online Bruno Walter discographies:
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (“Resurrection”)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (sung in English)
(a) Nadine Conner, Soprano; Mona Paulee, Mezzo-Soprano; New York Philharmonic; Westminster Choir; John F. Williamson, Chorus Master
January 25, 1948; Carnegie Hall (live broadcast)
• Source: Private Collection – unverified
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
(b) Maria Cebotari, Soprano; Rosette Anday, Contralto; Vienna Philharmonic
May 15, 1948; Musikvereinssaal (live performance)
• LP: CBS/Sony SOCN 19/20; 40AC 1962/3; Bruno Walter Society BWS 367;
Educational Media Associates EMA 105
• CD: CBS/Sony 42DC 5197/8; Nuova Era 2314/5; Grammofono 2000 AB 78787/8; andante 4973
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (sung in English)
(c) Nadine Conner, Soprano; Jean Watson, Mezzo-Soprano; New York Philharmonic; Westminster Choir; John F. Williamson, Chorus Master
December 5, 1948; Carnegie Hall (live performance)
• LP: Bruno Walter Society BWS 1067/8
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
(d) Maria Stader, Soprano; Maureen Forrester, Mezzo-Soprano; New York Philharmonic; Westminster Choir; John F. Williamson, Chorus Master
February 17, 1957; Carnegie Hall (live performance)
• Source: New York Philharmonic Archives
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
(e) Emilia Cundari, Soprano; Maureen Forrester, Mezzo-Soprano; New York Philharmonic; Westminster Choir; John F. Williamson, Chorus Master
February 18, 1957; February 17 & 21, 1958; Carnegie Hall
• LP: Columbia/CBS M2L 256; BRG 72052/3; Philips ABL 3245/6; stereo: M2S 601; SBRG 72052/3; Y2 30848; 61282/3; T-4; M3P 39635; Philips SABL 189/90
• CD: CBS/Sony 56DC 131/32; M2K 42032; M2BK 45674; SM2K 64447; Sony SX13K 92460
Like I said the two performances are identical. :) I was surprised when that CD set arrived, with it labeled as the Columbia Symphony Orchestra with Bruno Walter. Without checking carefully I came to the conclusion that he must have rerecorded it in the midst of those late career LA recordings with the pick up band Columbia organized for him. (They did my favorite 9th anyway.) Looks like the producers of that reissue thought the same thing. I listened to it once and thought it had inferior sonics to the two other CD versions. I had it on Lp in mono, then stereo, and finally in several CD versions. Would have loved to seen it as a SACD, but Sony threw in the towel on SACDs before that could happen, if it ever would have.
Edits: 06/17/12
BTW, I've got a recent Japanese CD of Bruno's 1958 M2 (Sony SICC 20075-76), and the sonics are FAR superior to the domestic releases (I've heard at least 3). The Japanese edition sounds much more open and transparent (there's even audible hiss--very obviously filtered out on the domestic CDs) with a greater frequency extension at both ends. Very much worth seeking out!
Russell
Thanks. I tried to find it via CD Japan, but they were sold out.
This recording doesn't get much love and I am generally not a fan of Slatkin's conducting, but this performance is excellent. It is (was) available on SACD and the sound is fabulous - to hear those cellos and basses digging into the opening is a thrill. This and the Fischer/Channel are my top two.
nt
You MUST get the Chailly/Leipzig account on Accentus (the first pic in Chris's post). Visually, sonically, and interpretively, it stands right up there with the very best, IMO.
Russell
Boulez or Abbado. Some of us don't cotton as much to Chailly.
Edits: 07/10/12
nt
There are usually quite a few excellent performances of standard repertoire works on recording. We're spoiled for choice and I'd find it hard to argue against other listeners' favorites in most cases. Some of the Resurrections I like right now are:
Also the Vaclav Neumann performance on a Canyon CD - couldn't get a good graphic of it.
I've probably forgotten some too.
I have the Fischer, Slatkin, and Solti 2nds, but the Chailly Blu-ray is my favorite, perhaps it's the lossless DTS HD MA. You can turn the video off if the view of all those musicians slaving away to produce such glorious music is a distraction. Oppo claims the sound is better without the video processing, but the difference is too subtle for me.
db
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Tennstedt (on LPO Live)
Haitink/Concertgebouw (recorded live at a Christmas matinee--his best)
Abbado/Lucerne (on BluRay)
Mehta/Vienna
Maazel/Vienna
Sublime music for sure, I have a few versions, I do like the Klemperer
best followed by the Naxos with Antoni Wit.
The Channel classics SACD is also pretty good.
I think that they are many good ones, but for some reasons I do come back to the Klemperer.
My current favorite is Slatkin/STL Symphony Orch. It is a pivotal work and always enjoyable. I have heard a dozen versions and am always amazed by the depth of the work.
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