In Reply to: Depends On Whether You Want The Real Mahler or Polite Suburban Sedan Mahler posted by Newey on April 12, 2017 at 19:07:17:
London for the more appropriate brass sound.
A conductor can be appropriately fiery yet still manage Mahler's more inward moments and passages with sensitivity.
More often than not, Solti doesn't have the right feel for Mahler or the Central European sound Mahler knew.
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Follow Ups
- Sorry, not to rile you up, but Solti barely scratches the surface in either London or Chicago, though I prefer - jdaniel@jps.net 19:19:52 04/12/17 (8)
- OK - but you beg questions in your reply - Chris from Lafayette 19:43:40 04/12/17 (7)
- Solti LSO - pbarach 14:54:26 04/13/17 (1)
- Yes! I hear similar engineering mischief in other Solti/Mahler recordings too! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:30:40 04/16/17 (0)
- "Over energized." You answered you own question. - jdaniel@jps.net 20:20:01 04/12/17 (4)
- Agreed on the Morris 8th... - Jim Treanor 23:08:47 04/12/17 (3)
- RE: Agreed on the Morris 8th... - johngladneyproffitt 07:50:37 04/14/17 (1)
- If only the Soprano 1 hadn't gone flat on her soft, floated high Bb in the end. McConnell w/Tennstedt perfect - jdaniel@jps.net 11:40:15 04/14/17 (0)
- Isn't it amazing how Morris can take Part 1 at a slower speed yet it has more propulsion? nt - jdaniel@jps.net 07:47:01 04/13/17 (0)