Articles tagged 'Mahler'
String Theory 2: Violoncellos and Basses with Support
Canonici produces vivid playing, a wonder to behold. However, these modernist solos with their brutal snap pizzicatos, soaring harmonics, low growling and frenetic tremolos tend to blur together.
String Theory 2: Violoncellos and Basses with Support
Canonici produces vivid playing, a wonder to behold. However, these modernist solos with their brutal snap pizzicatos, soaring harmonics, low growling and frenetic tremolos tend to blur together.
Mostly Symphonies 8. (Austro-Germanic)
History has not treated Wolfgang’s father well. Adulation for the son comes at the expense of the elder teacher, composer, violinist and impresario.
Mostly Symphonies 8. (Austro-Germanic)
History has not treated Wolfgang’s father well. Adulation for the son comes at the expense of the elder teacher, composer, violinist and impresario.
Haydn, Carter and Mahler at the BSO
When Elliott Carter ambled towards Symphony Hall’s proscenium to acknowledge the ovation for his Horn Concerto’s performance, it was hard to separate praise from encouragement.
Haydn, Carter and Mahler at the BSO
When Elliott Carter ambled towards Symphony Hall’s proscenium to acknowledge the ovation for his Horn Concerto’s performance, it was hard to separate praise from encouragement.
Mostly Symphonies 5.
This auspicious recording, the first on the CSO’s own label, is a keeper to shelve near Horenstein’s beloved Third.
Mostly Symphonies 5.
This auspicious recording, the first on the CSO’s own label, is a keeper to shelve near Horenstein’s beloved Third.
Mostly Symphonies 3.
“…[W]e still sorely missed the symphonie that Rameau never wrote. And so we created it ourselves.”
Mostly Symphonies 3.
“…[W]e still sorely missed the symphonie that Rameau never wrote. And so we created it ourselves.”
Mostly Symphonies 2.
With tour experience the proving ground, Fischer bucks convention, placing the Andante before the Scherzo.
Mostly Symphonies 2.
With tour experience the proving ground, Fischer bucks convention, placing the Andante before the Scherzo.
End-of-the-Year Ramble
This is an exciting discovery. In terms of significance, Gérard Pesson’s opera Forever Valley belongs with Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici and Lachenmann’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern.
End-of-the-Year Ramble
This is an exciting discovery. In terms of significance, Gérard Pesson’s opera Forever Valley belongs with Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici and Lachenmann’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern.
Schoenberg’s “Mis-Handel-ing” and Other Curiosities
We dwell rather on a few monstrous creations by composers who should have known better. Step at your own risk behind a dingy sideshow curtain to gawk at a shelf of specimens in dirty jars.
Schoenberg’s “Mis-Handel-ing” and Other Curiosities
We dwell rather on a few monstrous creations by composers who should have known better. Step at your own risk behind a dingy sideshow curtain to gawk at a shelf of specimens in dirty jars.
Four Symphonies: Reduced, Amplified, Completed and Unnecessary
One needs but a moment to get used to the intimate café texture whose Viennese litheness underscores the exquisite Schubertian opening dip.
Four Symphonies: Reduced, Amplified, Completed and Unnecessary
One needs but a moment to get used to the intimate café texture whose Viennese litheness underscores the exquisite Schubertian opening dip.
Echt und Ersatz: Mahler, Bruckner, Rott, Zemlinsky, et al.
With Berg just ’round the corner, it’s been easier to tackle Boulez’s explorations of the purely orchestral Mahler symphonies, especially the Sixth, Seventh and Ninth.
Echt und Ersatz: Mahler, Bruckner, Rott, Zemlinsky, et al.
With Berg just ’round the corner, it’s been easier to tackle Boulez’s explorations of the purely orchestral Mahler symphonies, especially the Sixth, Seventh and Ninth.
Mahler on the Radio
It’s easy to imagine the Symphony of a Thousand’s cast standing alert, their bright, beaming faces ready to emit three cheers for Faust.
Mahler on the Radio
It’s easy to imagine the Symphony of a Thousand’s cast standing alert, their bright, beaming faces ready to emit three cheers for Faust.
Dear La Folia 5.
It’s late night here. One can hear the whispered prayers from neighboring homes that the NASDAQ goes up again, and the plaintive call of the great horned owl.
Dear La Folia 5.
It’s late night here. One can hear the whispered prayers from neighboring homes that the NASDAQ goes up again, and the plaintive call of the great horned owl.