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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Dave Hurwitz likes the Bychkov M1 - who knew!

« Last post by Volund on September 26, 2023, 01:06:24 PM »

Erik, thanks for the clarification.  I,too, love the sound of that trilling horn, and M1 performances that minimise it are always a bit of a disappointment to me.  I guess I need to seek out the Fischer/Budapest recording.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Dave Hurwitz likes the Bychkov M1 - who knew!

« Last post by erikwilson7 on September 26, 2023, 12:20:13 PM »

Ivan Fischer, if my memory serves. Sorry for not clarifying. It’s pretty crazy that within a span of 10 years we had three recordings of the First by someone named Fischer.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Dave Hurwitz likes the Bychkov M1 - who knew!

« Last post by Volund on September 26, 2023, 10:19:13 AM »

Erik Wilson writes:

"The horns also do a raucous trill near the end of the first movement — one of Mahler’s funniest moments I think — and it’s very restrained under Bychkov as already pointed out by Chris. To be fair, in the score it’s only the fourth horn part, and the rest are doing something else. But I love hearing it the way we do on Honeck, Levi, and Fischer."


Which Fischer?  Ivan, Adam, or Thierry?

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Dave Hurwitz likes the Bychkov M1 - who knew!

« Last post by erikwilson7 on September 25, 2023, 04:20:05 PM »

I discovered something very strange on this recording just now. At timestamp 13:15 in the finale, you can faintly hear the blipping of cellular interference in the right channel.

It reminds me of the sound of the pager going off at the start of the MTT / SFSO M5.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: A glowing review of Bychkov/CPO Mahler 7th concert.

« Last post by John Kim on September 25, 2023, 06:39:29 AM »

Bychkov's CPO M9th will be really good too based on what I heard on YouTube.

John

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: A glowing review of Bychkov/CPO Mahler 7th concert.

« Last post by barryguerrero on September 24, 2023, 08:11:13 PM »

They've had so much recent history with the 7th, it would be difficult for them to get off-track. I'm looking forward to M7, M6 and - eventually - M3 and M8. Hopefully Pentatone will box the whole cycle. Although, we're a long ways from that yet.

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / A glowing review of Bychkov/CPO Mahler 7th concert.

« Last post by John Kim on September 24, 2023, 07:08:51 PM »

We can expect an excellent recording of M7th by Bychkov/CPO which I believe will be the next release in their ongoing Mahler cycle.

https://bachtrack.com/review-bychkov-mahler-czech-philharmonic-edinburgh-international-festival-august-2022

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Santtu-Matias Rouvali/PO Mahler 2nd released today

« Last post by John Kim on September 22, 2023, 06:31:45 PM »

Santtu-Matias Rouvali/PO Mahler 2nd just came out.

https://app.idagio.com/albums/santtu-conducts-mahler?utm_source=pcl

It is essentially a young person's take on the symphony: fast, dramatic, raw, wild, and volatile.

I quite like it.

John

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Listen to the Mäkelä / RCO Mahler 3 broadcast here

« Last post by erikwilson7 on September 21, 2023, 02:24:53 PM »

It does sound better; the percussion is less recessed. Thanks!

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Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions / Re: Listen to the Mäkelä / RCO Mahler 3 broadcast here

« Last post by lschmitz on September 21, 2023, 02:03:26 PM »

FYI, the broadcast can be played back with only the Mahler, here (in slightly improved audio quality) https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/cc9f433e-cb8b-4b48-9c06-f71a9db10d69/concertgebouworkest-speelt-mahlers-symfonie-nr-3