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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Vienna Phil. adding a Welser-Most M9 to Apple Streaming

« Last post by waderice on March 31, 2023, 11:50:00 PM »

I use Apple products (iMac, iPad, and iPhone), and have gotten notice of the Apple Classical Music streaming app, but have not yet signed up for it.  Hopefully, it will have famous performances we've known for years, as well as new ones that will appear in the future.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Vienna Phil. adding a Welser-Most M9 to Apple Streaming

« Last post by barryguerrero on March 31, 2023, 06:55:06 PM »

This is an f.y.i. that one of the items that the Vienna Phil. is making available at the new Apple Streaming app is a Mahler 9 conducted by F. Welser-Most. Enjoy.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Jaap van Zweden/New York Philharmonic Mahler 5th now online

« Last post by sbugala on March 29, 2023, 04:10:17 PM »

D'oh! You're right, it IS Martin. I made it the rest of the way through the performance; and I liked it. I bet that was quite the concert experience.

Looks like with Apple's new Classical Music app, I also stumbled upon the same forces doing Mahler's First. I've only made midway through the first movement...but it's even better. Zweeden manages those contrasts nicely. So the spooky middle section was magical and creepy. Very evocative.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: brief M9 samples with Vanska/Minnesota

« Last post by John Kim on March 28, 2023, 09:57:24 PM »

Barry

Preston is not showing the disc.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/search?discs=1%20Disc&search_query=mahler%209%20vanska&size=10&view=large&sort=relevance

John

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: brief M9 samples with Vanska/Minnesota

« Last post by barryguerrero on March 28, 2023, 07:13:50 PM »

I think it's very likely that Amazon will show a disc being available at a later date. If Van Bahr makes a disc for Europe (I think it's showing at Presto!), it'll come to Amazon at some point.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: brief M9 samples with Vanska/Minnesota

« Last post by John Kim on March 28, 2023, 03:41:27 PM »

Sadly, it appears that Vanska's M9th will be available only as files. I can't find any place in the States that has the SACD for sale.

John

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / brief M9 samples with Vanska/Minnesota

« Last post by barryguerrero on March 24, 2023, 11:34:55 PM »

The sound is great. I have high hopes for the remainder of this cycle, particularly M8 and M3.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9467868--mahler-symphony-no-9#tracklist

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Jaap van Zweden/New York Philharmonic Mahler 5th now online

« Last post by ChrisH on March 24, 2023, 03:47:40 PM »

That's Chris Martin on trumpet. I heard them do this concert in Ann Arbor in November of that year. Where I was sitting, I received the full force of their brass section. It was delightful.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Jaap van Zweden/New York Philharmonic Mahler 5th now online

« Last post by barryguerrero on March 24, 2023, 03:11:43 PM »

I have the L.P.O. in-house issue of their M5 with J. van Zweden. It really flew under the radar, as I think it's pretty much excellent. Of course, the L.P.O. had plenty of practice playing M5 under Tennstedt, and who knows who else.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Jaap van Zweden/New York Philharmonic Mahler 5th now online

« Last post by sbugala on March 24, 2023, 02:14:26 PM »

I happened to notice that the Jaap van Zweden/New York Philharmonic Mahler 5th is now available on iTunes. I can't swear to it, but Phil Smith is still on trumpet, but it was the first season back without Phil Myers as principal horn. I'm not too far into the performance, but the first movement sounds good. But the orchestra itself is competing against itself...even with only download versions considered: Maazel, Gilbert...and now this. But, hey! It's fine. Here's the New York Times review, if you can view it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/arts/music/new-york-philharmonic-jaap-van-zweden-philip-glass-mahler.html