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Title: NY Phil At home: Mahler 2
Post by: ChrisH on April 30, 2020, 03:48:04 PM

I thought this was pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8uzgmAs47w&list=PLAaepkRjPxDNls3m9Ed4Yh89NKFL3exOV

Title: Re: NY Phil At home: Mahler 2
Post by: Matthew on April 30, 2020, 04:50:36 PM

Fantastic!

Title: Re: Baltimore Symphony At home: Ending of Mahler 3
Post by: waderice on May 01, 2020, 11:18:44 AM

Here, the Baltimore Symphony performs the last few minutes of the final movement of M3 back in March.  Though the playing may not be as good as that of the NY Philharmonic brass section, the spirit is there behind what the players wanted to do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOy_JkmGX6s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOy_JkmGX6s)

Wade

Title: Re: NY Phil At home: Mahler 2
Post by: barryguerrero on May 01, 2020, 05:06:40 PM

Regarding the N.Y. Phil. one. I thought it was cool that they included the contrabassoon. On the negative side, such a small gong does no justice, even in this reduced setting. The pitch simply isn't low enough and there isn't enough 'wash' of sound. Also, if the chugging string parts aren't going to be there, why use the ultra slow tempo?  I don't know - I guess it's better than nothing, but this sort of thing really annoys me. They're asking you to fill in the blanks. If one doesn't already know the work, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.


While the tempo is quite slow, I enjoyed the Baltimore one more. It just worked better.