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24.10.10.7
Let me start with the Klemperer Mahler 9: first thing I noticed was how "roomy" and warm the recording is--the orchestra can breathe!--and it pays big dividends during the more terse stretches in the 1st Mov't. Moreover, Klemperer's 1st mov't really hangs together than any I've heard, which includes Karajan, Guilini, Levine, Chailly and Haitink off the top of my head.
Klemperer's 3rd mov't is indeed slow, (anyone who thinks Karajan can't whip up a storm should compare), and the 4th is aptly moving. The only disappointment is that the woodwinds get a little out of sync in the final quiet interlude (rocking harp minor 3rds) before the big finale of the 4th mov't. Not a deal breaker though.
Really enjoyed Kubelik's Mahler 3rd which some say is the crown jewel in the set. What lively winds and "tart" playing, but plenty of glow still. I don't think my mind wandered throughout the whole thing.
K's Mahler 7th blew my mind. I like portions of this work, esp. the "moonlit" stretch buried in the first mov't. Sadly Kubelik doesn't nurture the passage very much but the rest of the symphony--again, very tart playing--really clicked. The conductor makes the piece sound incredibly "modern," but very lightly textured which pays big dividends when it comes to surviving the final mov't. Now when I go back to Levine or Sinopoli they sound so trudging.
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I think the recordings of 3rd and 7th (and the 1st as well) are superb, as good as any out there. The 5th is pretty good as well.
Kubelik was one of my favorite conductors for early/late romantic music -besides Mahler and the Czech composers, he was also a terrific conductor of Wagner - his Meistersinger (held from release for years) might be the best recording of that work.
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I have always been a fan of his 3rd (and 1st, by the way - and he also conducts a mean Songs of a Wayfayer with FD as soloist), but I put on the 7th about a month ago for the first time (from the complete LP set I own) and was blown away. I love the 7th Symphony - I heard it for the first time on record when the Solti Chicago set was first released circa 1972 - I was a freshman living in a dorm, and a bunch of my dormmates listened to it one night and were transfixed, pretty amazing for a bunch of testosterone-addled 18 year olds. I have heard it live twice, once with de Waart conducting and once with MTT. The MTT performance was really great - especially the last movement, where Mahler parodies Wagner, had me cracking up, and I own, besides Solti and MTT, Boulez and Horenstein...but right now Kubelik's is my favorite reading.
Every time a post brings up the 3rd I always ask if anybody has heard the Bychkov version. So far I seem to be the only one who has hear this and to me it is the best I have ever heard and also in demonstration sound. Chris, have you heard it yet?
Alan
but that Mahler 3rd recording has always brought enjoyment. Kurt Nagano has a Mahler 3 on Telarc which is cool and sleek rather than emotional, but is played very well and has absolutely awesome recorded sound. I very much recommend it.
Zander's Mahler 3 is on Telarc. Nagano's Mahler 3 is on some other label--I forget which one. Also, it's KENT Nagano.
several times. I just checked and the one I have has a Telarc label on it.
It's TelDEC. It was reissued on Apex, never on Telarc. Other than a few cello recordings with Zuill Bailey, Telarc hasn't issued any classical recordings in years. All of their Mahler recordings were by Zander, Lopez-Cobos, Levi, and Slatkin. They never issued anything by Nagano. In fact, Telarc never reissued anything classical that previously had appeared on another label.
...he make everyone else sound dull, even if others do better with "local color."
EMI France reissued his 2, 4, 7, 9 and DLVE in a budget box back in the winter. It can easily be found online for $20 to $30.
I do remember those tart woodwinds you mention. Also, I remember the recording quality as better than usual for DG during that era - more sense of the hall and the space, although not as well engineered as EMI (Klemperer) recordings from the same era (or was it just before?). Thanks for sharing your impressions!
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