| | Mahler: Symphony No. 5 CD Bernstein / Mahler / NYP CDS
In C Sharp Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $1.04) | | Label | Sony Music | | Orig Year | 9/23/1997 | | All Time Sales Rank |  6401  | | CD Universe Part number | 1239753 | | Catalog number | 63084 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 28, 1997 | | Mono/Stereo | n/a | | Recording Time | 1 9 |
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There is a special relationship between the music of Mahler and the New York Philharmonic. Mahler directed the orchestra in 1909, and his protégé Bruno Walter became principal conductor in 1947. Leonard Bernstein was Walter's assistant and a great proponent of Mahler's music, recording all of the symphonies in the 1960s.
The Sixth Symphony was called "the only Sixth symphony despite Beethoven's 'Pastorale'" by composer Alban Berg. Oddly, the work never was very popular with audiences and didn't receive its American premiere until 1947. The work is scored for an enormous orchestra, with exotic percussion that includes cowbells, xylophone, chimes, and celesta. Mahler also asked for "a short, powerful, heavy-sounding blow of un-metallic quality, like the stroke of an axe." This "axe blow" is a dramatic effect used in the work's finale that enhances the work's sense of doom.
Bernstein captures every ounce of drama in the work. His reading is devastating in its cumulative power. This music tells a tale of suffering, and thus makes heavy demands on the listener, but it ultimately provides sublime catharsis.
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It has been said that Leonard Bernstein was always searching for immortality and in the music of Gustav Mahler, he found it. No matter how much you acknowledge the mythification of these two great musicians, the recorded legacy that Bernstein has left behind simply corroborates the special connection he had to Mahler's music.
Mahler's symphonic forms are massive, and without proper guidance they can seem aimless. This is especially true of the 7th symphony, which has baffled musicologists and conductors alike. Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, perhaps feeling the presence of Mahler himself--he too conducted this orchestra--imbue the symphony with passion, sarcasm, irony, triumph and chaos, letting contrasting emotional ideas flow into each other like meandering thoughts.
The symphony is shaped like an arch, with the central scherzo being the most important. Bernstein creates a chamber music atmosphere in the inner three movements, thereby allowing the last movement to be an answer to the first. To perform Mahler well is to see the end from the beginning, the way a sculptor must see the image trapped inside a block of marble. This recording is one of Bernstein's many artistic masterpieces.
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New York Times (Publisher) (7/30/00, p.30) - "...An aching and apocalyptic version of this signature vehicle for Bernstein; the recording remains a touchstone..."
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The Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler stands apart from his others for a number of reasons. This is his "sunny" symphony; it is filled with delicate harmonies, a catchy ornamented rhythmic pattern, and it has an almost pastoral feel to it. While scored for large orchestra, it comes off as a chamber work. The last movement, with its soprano solo "Wir geniessen die himmlischen Freuden" from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn,' talks of heaven from a child's innocent perspective.
This recording from 1960 features the preeminent Mahler interpreter of the twentieth century, Leonard Bernstein along with the New York Philharmonic, joined by the radiant soprano Reri Grist in the last movement. One could not ask for a better ensemble of players. Indeed, there are times when Bernstein seems to take off (if not fly into orbit) with the tempi, but his innate understanding of this music cannot be argued. Grist, a great singer at the height of her artistic powers, sings perfectly. A beautifully remastered and essential recording.
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Track Listing of songs: Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26; Hallelujah, song; Luna, song; Because We Believe, song; I Only Know How To Love, song; Home I'll Be, for chorus; Belle, song; Prayer, song, The; Always There, song; Califfa, La; Watching Over Me, song; Remember Me, song;
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Mario Rossi conducts the Vienna State Opera Orchestra with narration by Boris Karloff. DVD features includes advanced resolution DVD-Audio, Dolby Digital, stereo options, audio remixed and remastered from original session master tapes, bonus behind the scenes video, historic image of original narrator agreement signed by Karloff, composer biography, and computer extras.
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Track Listing of songs: Ninina; Dimmi Perche; Barcarolle Bastiaise; Lamentu Di U Trenu; Noël En Corse; Santa Maria; Complainte Corse; Mamma; Notre Concerto; Pena Di Core; Sirinata Ajaccina; Ti Tengu Cara; Tragulinu; Vocero;
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