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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: mahler09 on July 06, 2010, 10:09:50 PM
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Mahler's 150th is tomorrow. Is anybody doing anything special?
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Mahler's 150th is tomorrow. Is anybody doing anything special?
As I may have posted before, I'm having a few fellow Mahler enthusiasts over to the house. I plan to play a recording of the Eighth Symphony (Bernstein/LSO) and serve Mahler's favorite desert, apricot dumplings (my local grocer has fresh apricots at $2.99/pound) with vanilla ice cream and Viennese coffee.
I had considered going to NYC where the New York Mahler Society has an annual birthday dinner at one of Manhattan's nicer restaurants, but was afraid of encountering a heat wave, which can make being in Manhattan almost unbearable in July and August. Sure enough, it was 100 degrees there today, and 99 is predicted for tomorrow.
James
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I "celebrated" a couple of days early by getting through a borrowed truncated cycle of the symphonies and Das Klagende Lied by Tilson Thomas. By "truncated" I mean that the cycle didn't have M3, M6, & M7. Some of the symphonies were downloads, and the others were retail SACDs. The original owner of these disks, sadly, passed away earlier this year, and the custodian of the deceased gentleman's assets asked me to listen to them as to what I thought of the cycle. Sadly, I'm not that impressed overall with Tilson Thomas' traversal of the symphonies. About the best of what I heard were M1 and M4, plus Das Klagende Lied. To top off the Tilson Thomas read-through, I listened to Dudamel's M1 (also borrowed from the same source).
I'll celebrate Mahler's birthday tomorrow by listening to one of my many M2 recordings, one I just came across on loan from my above source.
Wade
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Right now I am listening to the Bernstein/NYPO/Sony M7. I listened to the last movement of the Bernstein/VPO M5 tonight but on the headphones I am using the bass is a bit much as it is, and those DG recordings are really heavy on the bass, so...yeah.
I am definitely going to listen to either M6 or M9 tonight and for sure again tomorrow. Maybe a dose of M5 and M7 thrown in there for good measure and a little happiness.
I really have not grasped onto the idea of vocals in symphonies, but heck, maybe some of the Mahler stuff is worth hearing, M2 in particular for the occasion.
Oh yeah and I can't forget his piano quartet!
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I arrived in Jihlava (Czech Republic) yesterday to find Mahler banners fluttering on the
approach to the new Gustav Mahler Park (site of the destroyed synagogue).
His statue will be unveiled there in a few hours amid pomp and ceremony.
Later today I will be attending memorial events and concerts at Mahler's
nearby birthplace, Kaliste.
I will try to report back on the festivities in due course.
Happy 150th to GM!
Mike Bosworth
(Jihlava)
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Right now I am listening to the Bernstein/NYPO/Sony M7. I listened to the last movement of the Bernstein/VPO M5 tonight but on the headphones I am using the bass is a bit much as it is, and those DG recordings are really heavy on the bass, so...yeah.
I am definitely going to listen to either M6 or M9 tonight and for sure again tomorrow. Maybe a dose of M5 and M7 thrown in there for good measure and a little happiness.
I really have not grasped onto the idea of vocals in symphonies, but heck, maybe some of the Mahler stuff is worth hearing, M2 in particular for the occasion.
Oh yeah and I can't forget his piano quartet!
Michael, the M2 is a great way to be introduced to Mahler's vocal symphonies...give it a try man! You may be surprised on what it will do to ya. ;)
--Todd
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I made apricot dumplings for his 99th death anniversary but it is unbearably hot where I am - with humidity it felt like 105 degrees F yesterday!- and I am really busy rehearsing Rimsky-Korsakov....I know, on Mahler's birthday. But I have listened to M1 and M4 in the past few days and plan to squeeze in M9 tonight.
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Thomas Hampson begins season-long celebration of Gustav Mahler’s 150th anniversary with Live webcast
from composer’s birth-House in Kaliste, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, July 7 at 9am EDT on www.medici.tv.
The webcast will also be available for streaming through www.medici.tv for 60 days following the performance.
L.
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A Happy 150th indeed! I am starting the day listening to Markus Stenz' new M4. Luckily we're slow at work in the summer, so it gives me good time to listen to lots of music - and helps the tedium of marking orchestra parts!
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A very happy 150th, maestro.
Turned on the Beeb this morning to find it was the coda of the 8th [bernstein/Vienna Phil.]
In the midst of M7 on my 9th tour of the works, in a terrible old recodrdig with Rosbaud, but suuuuch personality.
Now contemplating Jihlava next year for the other 50th - retiring at the end of next week - hurraaaaaaaah!!
Mahler rocks, is cool, lives and everything.
Ivor
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I was one of the lucky 100 to have a seat in the little concert hall in Mahler's birth house at Kaliste.
The performance by Hampson was wonderful!
Mike Bosworth
(back in Jihlava)
Thomas Hampson begins season-long celebration of Gustav Mahler’s 150th anniversary with Live webcast
from composer’s birth-House in Kaliste, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, July 7 at 9am EDT on www.medici.tv.
The webcast will also be available for streaming through www.medici.tv for 60 days following the performance.
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Dear Mike,
could you upload pictures of festive Jihlava and Kaliste?
Thanks in advance.
Luca
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I'm getting the EMI Complete Mahler Edition box today. It has tons of great vocal stuff. ;D
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I'm getting the EMI Complete Mahler Edition box today. It has tons of great vocal stuff. ;D
Does it include all of the song cycles (the piano or orchestral versions)? I'd be interested to know who's singing. Thanks!
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Here's a list of what's on it.
http://www.emiclassics.com/releaseabout.php?rid=49764
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Looks awesome! Have you listened yet?
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Here's a list of what's on it.
http://www.emiclassics.com/releaseabout.php?rid=49764
Thats a really good set! With all that extra vocal stuff and the Rattle M3 (which I don't have yet and haven't heard) this may be something I'll want.
--Todd
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"Looks awesome! Have you listened yet?"
I've listened to a bit, and the sound is quite good. The notes are real small, so it's hard to tell what they're trying to tell you. I think they remastered most of the cuts, but I'm not positive. Yes, there's tons of vocal stuff. I played the first movement of Rattle's M3 last night, and it sounded quite good. The Giulini M1 sounded good too. It's a neat package to just stare at.
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"Looks awesome! Have you listened yet?"
I've listened to a bit, and the sound is quite good. The notes are real small, so it's hard to tell what they're trying to tell you. I think they remastered most of the cuts, but I'm not positive. Yes, there's tons of vocal stuff. I played the first movement of Rattle's M3 last night, and it sounded quite good. The Giulini M1 sounded good too. It's a neat package to just stare at.
As the copyrightshows, they used the last remastering of each recording (check tracklist details: http://www.emiclassics.com/releaseabout.php?rid=49764). Consider, for example, the Klemperer M2: the (excellent) digital remastering is the one for the Great recordings of the century series release (in 2000). Giulini M1 is the one remastered in 2004 by EMI France etc...
L.
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Here you can listen to and watch the complete concert recorded in Kaliste on July, 7:
http://videos.arte.tv/fr/videos/hommage_a_gustav_mahler-3316512.html
Program:
Totenfeier
A selection of lieder (Thomas Hampson, Ann Sofie von Otter, soloists)
Schluesschoir from the Second Symphony
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Manfred Honeck conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Enjoy!
Luca
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Interestingly, they used the 1996 M6 remaster instead of the 2002 remaster for the Great Recordings of the Century series. Anyone know why?
I have the GROTC release from 2007 of M6 and Metamorphosen and AmazonMP3 indicated a 2002 remastering in each movement title, so that's where I'm getting that from.
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Here you can listen to and watch the complete concert recorded in Kaliste on July, 7:
http://videos.arte.tv/fr/videos/hommage_a_gustav_mahler-3316512.html
Program:
Totenfeier
A selection of lieder (Thomas Hampson, Ann Sofie von Otter, soloists)
Schluesschoir from the Second Symphony
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Manfred Honeck conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Enjoy!
Luca
Do you have to become a "member", pay a fee, and login, in order to view the concert? I've waited for five minutes, waiting for the video to stream onto my computer monitor.
Wade
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Do you have to become a "member", pay a fee, and login, in order to view the concert? I've waited for five minutes, waiting for the video to stream onto my computer monitor.
No login or registration needed.
arte is a German-French TV channel and they broadcasted the concert last night, and some of their programmes are available on-line. I didn't start at my place either; could be that it's not really available yet, or too many people trying.
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It wouldn't load for me either....
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Checked it again. It works for me now!
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Hm... maybe it was just too busy when I tried. I'll give it another go later when I have time.
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Interestingly, they used the 1996 M6 remaster instead of the 2002 remaster for the Great Recordings of the Century series. Anyone know why?
I have the GROTC release from 2007 of M6 and Metamorphosen and AmazonMP3 indicated a 2002 remastering in each movement title, so that's where I'm getting that from.
Even Klemperer's Das Lied is not in its last remastering. Perhaps they need to empty their warehouse...
L.
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It likely had something to do with copyright and which version they were able to post.