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Offline stillivor

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A Mahler discovery
« on: April 02, 2012, 02:40:46 PM »
that I found just too late for maximum effect.

According to this link, the great Herman Scherchen recorded this new Mahler work, an addition to the symphonic canon.

http://mahlermahlermahler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/mahlers-11th-brief-intro.html#!/2012/04/mahlers-11th-brief-intro.html



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Offline mike bosworth

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Re: A Mahler discovery
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 03:33:05 PM »
This one is so subtly crafted that it really had me going some years back:

http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=3581

Mike Bosworth
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Re: A Mahler discovery
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 09:10:04 PM »
that I found just too late for maximum effect.

According to this link, the great Herman Scherchen recorded this new Mahler work, an addition to the symphonic canon.

http://mahlermahlermahler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/mahlers-11th-brief-intro.html#!/2012/04/mahlers-11th-brief-intro.html



haha - that's my doing - you'd be surprised how many of my friends/family believed it! though the internet community is far more cynical ;)

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Re: A Mahler discovery
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2012, 10:16:04 PM »
Nice one Frankie

Did friends not read the last para?

"The symphony remains one of the least known of Mahler's output - partly due to the cruel way in which its avant-garde techniques were rejected by the critics of the time, and partly due to the fact that it was never actually composed."



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Re: A Mahler discovery
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2012, 05:16:26 AM »
If a thing seems too good to be true, it normally is.

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Re: A Mahler discovery
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2012, 12:07:30 PM »
Nice one Frankie

Did friends not read the last para?

 

last para was a late addition, added when April Fools morning was over (midday)!

 

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