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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: barry guerrero on April 28, 2012, 04:49:25 AM

Title: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: barry guerrero on April 28, 2012, 04:49:25 AM

CD:
http://www.amazon.com/Symphonie-No-2-Mahler/dp/B007BSMQII/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335588450&sr=1-1-fkmr1

download:
http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonie-Nr-2/dp/B007NUGCBG/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335588450&sr=1-2-fkmr1

.    .    .    a bit pricey but still cheaper than Levine/VPO. I'm very curious.

Title: Re: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: Roffe on April 28, 2012, 05:36:58 AM

At those prices ($41 and $35), I can live without them, since I already own Haitink RCO and Levine BSO.

Roffe

Title: Re: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: barry guerrero on April 28, 2012, 03:45:02 PM

Yeah, of course. I'm far more curious about the Dresden Staatskapelle than I am about Haitink.

Title: Re: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: John Kim on April 29, 2012, 04:39:29 PM

Hirosh Wakasugi/Staatskapelle Dresden/Sony M1st CD I purchased years ago is a sleeper!

Lyrical, poetic, fluent, yet powerful.

The orchestra is phenomenal in their refinement and poise,

Why don't they record more Mahler?? :-\

Title: Re: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: 2gus4tav on April 30, 2012, 05:30:51 PM

$12 USD at eMusic for an MP3 download. 

http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/-/-/13253722/ (http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/-/-/13253722/)

I'll download it and see if it gets me out of my recent Herb Alpert rut. 

Scott
(meant to post this as Sperlsco)

Title: Re: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: sperlsco on May 07, 2012, 08:59:19 PM

It's hard for me to give a real assessment of this one.  I downloaded it with plans to listen in my car.  Unfortunately, this recording has one of the widest dynamic ranges that I've experienced and is almost impossible to listen to in a car.  I can barely hear certain passages...and then all of the sudden a burst will blow the roof off.   

Sorry that I cannot help.  I've attempted to listen through to it a couple of times -- once all the way through and another partial listening -- but I think any impressions are colored by this difficulty. 


No such difficulties with the Chung/Seoul M2. 

Scott

Title: Re: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: John Kim on May 08, 2012, 03:55:30 PM

Scott,

So, you got the Chung/SPO/DG M2nd? What's your impression?

I am curious to know your opinion.

Regards,

John,

Title: Re: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: barry guerrero on May 11, 2012, 04:52:20 AM

Finally found a customer review of this at Amazon UK. They said pretty much what I would expect.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahler-Symphony-Minor-Profil-PH07040/dp/B007BSMQII/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1336711852&sr=1-1

Title: Re: anyone going to give the Haitink/Dresden Staatskapelle M2 a shot?
Post by: hrandall on May 16, 2012, 11:19:12 PM

I just noticed this is now on Spotify if you want to hear the whole thing for free.

Cheers,
Herb