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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: barryguerrero on May 15, 2022, 07:15:51 PM
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Hi folks. I think this Mahler 5 from Davies Hall with G. Dudamel conducting is really terrific. Just scroll down to May 3 and click on "listen to Part 2" to hear M5. I'm quite certain that this was THE FIRST TIME a conductor other than MTT has conducted a Mahler symphony with the S.F. Symphony since Tilson-Thomas took over in the early 1990's. No one conductor should be permitted to have a vise grip on Mahler in any town - there's simply too music in each of those works to be forced to hear only person's view of them.
https://www.kdfc.com/radio/on-demand/san-francisco-symphony-on-demand/
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Barry,
Thanks for the posting. Yes, indeed this is a GREAT M5th, the finest I've heard in recent years. Structurally, I have never heard a better II.
John
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How does this performance compare with Dudamel/BPO M5th? Strangely, BPO has not yet released it separately (neither Nelsons/BPO M2nd).
John
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I believe that BPO digital release is coming this Friday. The Adagietto (preview track) went up on Spotify last week.
This also gives me hope for a future release of the Nelsons M2.
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Frankly, I haven't listened to the Dudamel M5 in the Berlin Phil. Mahler box. I haven't bothered because I've always liked the old Karajan M5 so much. I'm sure I would like it better than the Abbado (which I think is greatly overrated). The Rattle/BPO M5 is a good performance, but EMI's sound quality leaves something to be desired in my book.