3 cycles - modern, historic and live - of the Gramophone-recommended

[stillivor]

To mark the 101st anniversary of our hero's death, The Gramophone recommends cycles and assumes it's opening a can of worms.

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/gustav-mahler-on-disc-a-trio-of-symphony-cycles



    Ivor

[Michael]

Well, why they recommend the Saraste M9 is totally beyond me.  It would be a performance worthy of consideration but for the very noticeable timpany errors (playing on the wrong beats) in the last part of the Rondo...

[John Kim]

Well, why they recommend the Saraste M9 is totally beyond me.  It would be a performance worthy of consideration but for the very noticeable timpany errors (playing on the wrong beats) in the last part of the Rondo...

Agreed. But I'd have given 10/8 if it had not been for the timpani.

John

[barry guerrero]

Historically, Gramophone reviewers can't be bothered with such petty details as having the right notes in the right place; correct rhythms, correct relative dynamics, etc. "Interpretation" hails supreme with them, which means presenting the music as it was actually written, simply won't do - unless, of course, we're talking about a so-called 'original' or 'historically informed' performance.