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In Reply to: RE: Came to a profoundly sad realization this morning.... posted by jdaniel@jps.net on January 18, 2015 at 11:29:16
Before the LP era, hearing something like the Mahler 2 was an event - it had to be experienced live (not an everyday event) or there might have been a 78 set or two, but those would have been a nightmare to play.
Now we can access just about anything we want anytime we want. The advantage is that we have gotten to know music really well and a wide variety of it as well - we have all heard Mahler's symphonies more time than he ever did.
The bad news is that we become jaded. I remember reading an interview with Bonyngne a number of years ago, where he said he hadn't heard Beethoven's 5th in something like 30 years (clearly it was not a piece in his repertoire) and he was bowled over by it....that's the impact it should have, not an everyday thing.
A number of years ago I heard MTT give the 2nd live, in one of the concerts that formed a basis for his recording. It brought tears to my eyes, something that doesn't happen to me often.
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Isn't hard to believe? Mahler never heard his 9th, 10th or Das Lied?
I was in the audience for the sessions that resulted in the recordings of 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, DLVDE, and the Adagio from the 10th. I have seen MTT conduct 1 and 6 as well, but after the recordings were made. He split his violins left and right for the recordings but not for non-recorded performances -interesting choice. I have also seen him perform the Rite but was not present at the recording.
The time I saw him perform the 1st he was also supposed to do a movement from Rott's Symphony; unfortunately this was replaced with Mahler lieder. While I enjoy Mahler lieder, performances of the Rott symphony (a work I highly recommend) are rare.
I felt SO bad for the guy. Absolutely destroyed the opening of the 1st mov't.
MTT didn't miss a beat, but the audience got dead quiet.
At least something made the cough drop brigade shush up.
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