Claudio Abbado's Mahler 9th at Lucerne 2010

[stateworkers]

Claudio Abbado's Mahler 9th at Lucerne from August 20, 2010 just played through my speakers and I want to tell anyone who will listen- it is gorgeous. Rough sounding digs, precise group dynamics, and a healthy dose of turmoil from what the conductor chose to be the inner voices...
 Opera Chic noted:

the audience was so stunned by the finale that, literally, nobody clapped their hands for three minutes after the final notes dissolved in the air.

And, eventually, an ovation lasting twenty full minutes rocked the auditorium.

But then, in a way, this is just Claudio being Claudio.

Flat out, Music.

Guillermo

[John Kim]

Where did you get the recording?

John,

[stateworkers]

From the indefatigable Alex R, stalwart of DIME and other sharing groups. It is a recording of a digital German broadcast.

I've mp3-icized it, however (Alex would have me excommunicated for this), and put it on mediafire:

http://www.mediafire.com/?4dlyd3d8peozees

Please comment after you've given it a listen!

Guillermo

[Alexandros]

Great that you mailed the recording here. I forgot to do it in the first plce. It is from the Swiss Radio DRS2 live broadcast.

And here are the flac lnks:

Gustav Mahler  Sinfonie Nr. 9 

Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Leitung: Claudio Abbado

Digital Satellite Recording
Flacs
HJ-split

http://rapidshare.com/files/415696865/Abbado_Mahler_9_Lucerne_20_Aug_2010.zip.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/415696561/Abbado_Mahler_9_Lucerne_20_Aug_2010.zip.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/415688149/Abbado_Mahler_9_Lucerne_20_Aug_2010.zip.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/415688139/Abbado_Mahler_9_Lucerne_20_Aug_2010.zip.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/415703490/Abbado_Mahler_9_Lucerne_20_Aug_2010.zip.005

[Michael]

John,

I would recommend hearing this one, especially since there is a Flac version available.  I heard parts of the MP3 version--part of I, II, III and the entire of IV.  It's a great close-up recording with only minimal dynamic compression on the loudest sounds, mainly the loudest percussion passages.  The Finale was wonderful, although at times he did take things a bit faster e.g. the passage where the horn melody appears for the second time.  I had it going in the background and was not paying full attention but Abbado's ending is special--I don't think I've heard any conductor pause so long between phrases there at the end.

I really hope they release this one on audio CD...I would enthusiastically buy it!