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Title: Gilbert Kaplan Is Dead
Post by: James Meckley on January 01, 2016, 03:54:26 PM

Gilbert Kaplan died this morning at 2:30 a.m. RIP.

http://slippedisc.com/2016/01/sad-news-gilbert-kaplan-has-died/

James

Title: Re: Gilbert Kaplan Is Dead
Post by: AZContrabassoon on January 01, 2016, 04:30:17 PM

One of the few billionaires who actually liked classical music and put his money where his mouth was. Hi recording of the 2nd with London is one of my favorites. The contributions he made to the Mahler-world is impossible to overstate. He wasn't that old, either. RIP.

Title: Re: Gilbert Kaplan Is Dead
Post by: waderice on January 01, 2016, 11:10:20 PM

I actually preferred his LSO recording over the Vienna one.  Lots of organ in that one.

Wade

Title: Re: Gilbert Kaplan Is Dead
Post by: Leo K on January 02, 2016, 02:00:20 PM

As a fan of both his recordings of the M2 I'm sad to hear of his death. His M2 was also the first M2 I heard in 1989.

Title: Re: Gilbert Kaplan Is Dead
Post by: barry guerrero on January 02, 2016, 06:03:18 PM

Please read the testimonies about Gilbert Kaplan - he was about so much more than just M2. What he has done for Mahler, in general, is not to be lightly dismissed. Perhaps his biggest contribution was his foundation's assistance in restoring various Mahler locations, including his birth house. I'm lucky to have spent a long lunch with him back in the early or mid '90s.