Mahler movement conducted by Schoenberg on YouTube

[stillivor]

Amazed and thrilled to discover this, tho' beware, it's not for those who can't cope with substandard sound.

This performance is also a bit closer than usual to performance practice in Mahler's time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9KGqRoKGiY&list=FL-T5raEzGrVpGL8S5JmaXqQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video

I shan't offer an opinion on the performance till others have had a chance to listen.


    Ivor

[Ben]

A fascinating find.  Thanks for this.

Healthy doses of rubato throughout the movement.  I quite liked his interpretation.  Perhaps just on the slower side of things, but I don't like hearing this movement rushed.  Even in the poor sound, I think you can hear some nice, lush, and idiomatic string playing.

Ben

[stillivor]

This link is to a probable background explanation of this performance.

http://classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=37878



     Ivor