In Reply to: Vanska/Minnesota Mahler Fifth - not gettin' any love on the internets! posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 26, 2017 at 20:48:26:
Another long Adagietto is by Frank Shipway/Royal Philharmoic which also goes over 12 min. (12:27)
Whisper quiet and pretty, it has no tension or sense of anticipation. Underlying burning desire and yearning are completely missing.
I don't have many Vanska recording, but I noticed, perhaps he has a slight tendency to pretty thing up. It was ok some Beethoven programs but not for Mahler.
Abaddo/CSO Mahler 5 was also *everythig-is-same-same* camp. It wasn't not the longest Adagietto but sure felt like one~
*I have (or have had) over 80 recordings of this work.*
Wow. A hard core. :0 I only have about a dozen so far.
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Follow Ups
- *Laid back* Mahler 5th? That's wrong... - kuma 22:17:49 07/26/17 (8)
- RE: *Laid back* Mahler 5th? That's wrong... - Mel 21:31:36 07/27/17 (7)
- Funny thing, Scherchen's earlier recording with Vienna is nothing like that - vinyl phanatic 10:06:51 07/28/17 (0)
- Oh dear... - kuma 22:24:31 07/27/17 (5)
- RE: Oh dear... - Mel 03:53:40 07/28/17 (4)
- wow. that's very good... - kuma 18:36:21 07/28/17 (0)
- There were various timings from various Mahler performances - 7, 8 and even 9 minutes [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 16:13:08 07/28/17 (2)
- RE: Probably the Last Word on Mahler's Own Adagietto Timings - Mel 19:39:06 07/31/17 (1)
- Yup - 7-9 minutes (and, actually, that's a pretty wide range in itself) - Chris from Lafayette 10:58:30 08/02/17 (0)