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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: david johnson on December 25, 2007, 09:06:54 AM

Title: merry. merry
Post by: david johnson on December 25, 2007, 09:06:54 AM

merry christmas and a happy new year to all!  :)

there's a reiner/cso 'das lied' in my stocking!!!
that's one i wished to add to my collection.

dj

Title: Re: merry. merry
Post by: barry guerrero on December 25, 2007, 05:23:38 PM

No Mahler today. I plan to give him a rest for a few days.

Title: Re: merry. merry
Post by: John Kim on December 25, 2007, 06:32:06 PM

Yep, Merry X-Mas and Happy holidays to all. :D

As it happened, I listened to Macal/CPO M7th this morning. What a marvelous performance, only marred by the first horn note in I. :'(

Best Regards,

John,

Title: Re: merry. merry
Post by: mister bob on December 26, 2007, 12:27:03 AM

A Merry Christmas from the UK, Lancashire to be precise.  Santa has brought me two DLvDE, he's a generous sort; the re-issued Reiner that a few people are keenly anticipating is worth the wait, particularly for the orchestral sound, but Richard Lewis was not as strong as I had hoped.  Secondly, and more interestingly as it happens, is the 1956 version from the Concertgebouw with van Beinum, a Japanese edition on Philips.  Nan Merriman has a tad too much vibrato, but has lots of old-world character and emotion.  Haefliger is superb, and the orchestra is mighty fine.  You also get an excellent Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen.  Just the thing to accompany some mince pies and a glass of port...

Title: Re: merry. merry
Post by: stillivor on December 28, 2007, 06:06:15 PM

and a welcome, Bob, and Happy new year from deepesr, darkest Norfolk.

Next up in my 4th Mahler cycle is M6. If I haven't got an unplayed one, I'll take in one of the earliest, inder Flipse.   :o

  Ivor