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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: John Kim on November 02, 2009, 08:40:53 PM
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Int. Release 04 Jan. 2010 - 1 CD 477 8620
THE ORIGINALS
MAHLER: Symphony No.9
Berliner Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein
Yes, it's on a single CD.
How did they put it on one? ???
Would it be wishful thinking that they will reinsert the missing trombones in IV.?
John,
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It probably won't get issued in the U.S., as Universal stopped bringing in new reissues of the DG Originals series a long time ago. I would like to have the Barenobim/Chciago S.O. Saint-Saens 3rd symphony.
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In Japan it will be released pretty soon:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3709294
But I bet they will also release their own remastered version in the near future which should sound even better.
I once heard a pirate recording of the very same concert looking for the missing trombones in IV. Unfortunately, they weren't there either :-[.
John,
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I like this M9 very much, despite the missing trombones. It's even more surprising that they're missing on the recording, as they performed the work two nights in a row (October 4 & 5, 1979). Surely the trombones didn't not play both evenings?? I've always scoured the internet and have asked around to see if a reason for this trombone mystery ever came about, but have been unsuccessful thus far.
Oh well, I guess it gives us something more to talk and hypothesize about..
Ben
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Ben,
If you listen with headphones, and turn it up really loud, you'll hear that something happened. Somebody had a heart attack, or fell out of a chair, etc. Something weird like that happened that night. There's a noise, like somebody falling, and then a few voices talking near there. You really have to listen for it, but it's there.
Barry