"Sometimes
I do feel more extroverted when conducting Mahler, probably because the
whole world is contained within his symphonies. From cradle to grave to
rebirth, it’s all there. The Second Symphony is a wonderful example of
that. With a composer like Tchaikovsky, it’s all about his own
existence, his own difficulties and his own survival. I don’t mean to
say that Tchaikovsky is limited, but Mahler succeeds in writing about
himself and about the world.”
“Obviously,
I do hope I interpret Mahler’s symphonies better now than I did as a
young man. But that’s not an easy thing to hear, at least not in my
tempos, simply because I always choose the tempo I feel in the moment.
In
music, there’s no such thing as an absolute tempo. Even a composer’s
metronome markings don’t tell the whole story. I learned that from
Mravinsky. He would always shout, “You have to forget Shostakovich’s
metronome.” That’s why I hate it when people insist that a particular
performance was too slow or too fast. That’s just a subjective opinion –
certainly not a universal truth.
“This
music is so rich that I hope I can bring audiences closer to heaven
with it. I will have succeeded in my mission if listeners go home with
the feeling of having been in another world for two hours.”
Jansons sættet indeholder også en DVD med koncerten.
Slava skrev:Som nogle måske har bemærket, er EuroArts begyndt at udsende Claudio Abbados Mahler-koncerter med Lucerne-orkestret på blu-ray. Symfoni nr. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 er allerede udkommet, og nr. 9 og nr. 5 skulle komme her i februar. Men bemærk, at blu-ray udgivelsen af Symfoni nr. 2 ser ud til at have store lydmæssige problemer (hvilket dvd-udgivelsen i øvrigt ikke har)!
De øvrige værker har indtil videre fået fornemme anmeldelser. Jeg håber på at få lejlighed til at kigge på et par stykker, og skal nok melde tilbage...
burning777 skrev:Jeg fandt lige denne DVD som er en super god begynder gennemgang af Mahlers liv og symfonier. En af de bedste jeg har set og den er meget tilgængelig for alle. Jeg tænkte at den skulle indskrives i denne tråd.
Man kan læse mere om udsendelserne på denne side:
http://www.keepingscore.org/television/gustav-mahler-origins-and-legacy
Her er en omtale af DVD'en:
http://criticaclassica.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/san-francisco-symphonys-keeping-score-gustav-mahler-dvd-wins-prestigious-german-record-critics-annual-award-preis-der-deutschen-schallplattenkritik/
DVD'en kan også findes på Biblioteket.
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