Segerstam/Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Mahler Tenth (Cooke II)

[John Kim]

https://youtu.be/RFeWLz4dLYE

John

[barryguerrero]

Very nicely done. I want to listen through it again.

[John Kim]

This performance of the complete M10th sings and soars.

The Adagio and Finale in particular are achingly (and rapturously) beautiful, powerful, epic.

John

[barryguerrero]

It's not my preferred way of looking at the 10th, but Segerstam does that type of approach really well - far better than Levine, who was just too glacial in the outer movements (and heavy footed in the inner ones). For the standard Cooke book version, I still like Berthold Goldschmidt's early performance of it the best. I like his own emendations to it, some of which Kurt Sanderling adopted.