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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
HORRIBLE YOU SAY!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!,
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This review is from: Mahler - Symphony No. 10 (Audio CD)
The Kurt Sanderling Mahler 10th has not always been easy to come by. Recorded in 1978, it had only been available previously as a Japan import CD, and before that on very hard to find and grittily pressed East German Eterna LP's. Despite what the previous reviewer claims, Sanderling's performannce of the Mahler-Cooke 10th Symphony, in its five movement version is nothing short of revelatory. Sanderling uses the revised Cooke score of 1976 as his basis, and employs some most effective and subtle characteristic revisions of his own in orchestration; nothing terribly drastic and ALL to the printed scores benefit. In Kurt's hands, the first scherzo makes sense as never before, and The Finale in particular is nothing short of miraculous and overwhelming. In both movements here, some filling out of the scores bare spots have been ingeniously filled. As does Simon Rattle, extra percussional weight has been added in the Finale to more effectively depict sheer horror. Kurt Sanderling uses more of it and to much more stunning and profound effect. I've always found the Finale's final moments, as deeply moving as they are, to be somewhat overly bare. Kurt keeps the bass line going, and the effect is nothing short of hypnotic. The 1978 recording quality is clean, up front, clear and anything but crude (though obviously not as modern as the Digital versions by Rattle, Chailly etc). This performance of the Mahler-Cooke 10th has always had a reputation as being one of the best kept secrets among classical recordings. It is simply the most overwhelming performance of the Cooke Mahler 10th ever recorded, and simply must be heard by anyone with an interest in the composer. When all is said and done, you will be moved to tears. On those rare previous occasions when this recording has been reviewd on line or in publications, it has always been accolades and beyond. The previous review has been the only time I have ever seen or heard anything negative regarding this extrordinary performance. Simply, a must hear!!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another highly recommendable 10th,
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This review is from: Mahler - Symphony No. 10 (Audio CD)
I tried this recording following the recommendation of prevous reviewer "Bert" Christmas, and I thank him for both his enthusiastic review and the tip. We are now spoilt for choice when it comes to recordings of the 10th; what was just a shell has been fleshed out by Cooke (in three versions), Wheeler and Barshai to become a wholly feasible, aesthetically satisfying, performance reality. Conductors feel free to make their own adjustments, particularly regarding how much "filler" orchestration and percussion are required, but we have ended up with some very pleasant dilemmas if constrained to select only one.
I have taken off one star when I would have preferred, had the system allowed, to remove only a half, simply because as much as I admire this Sanderling account, I am still under the spell of Barshai's magnificent version (see my review of the 2 CD set of the 5th and 10th on the Brilliant label) and want to indicate that the analogue sound of this 1979 recording, although digitally remastered, is not the equal of that given to Inbal, Rattle (see my comparative review) or Barshai. The best thing about Sanderling's conducting is his grasp of tempi and understanding of how the five movements relate to each other. Barshai takes a more overtly emotive approach to the score and his orchestration is correspondingly richer than the more austere Cooke version, but Sanderling is even more bleakly world-weary, differentiating between the appearance of the great climactic, nine-note discord in the first and last movements by adding extra percussion in the last movement, then exploiting the contrast to bring great serenity to the closing pages of the finale. Those last moments under Sanderling are among the beautiful on disc, only I could wish for a tad more Mahlerian portamento on that last octave leap by the strings. Nobody plays as beautifully as the Berlin Philharmonic under Rattle, but (incredibly) both the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie under Barshai and Sanderling's Berlin Sinfonie run them close. This is a magnificent recording, all the more so in the context of its being made over thirty years ago, when a performing tradition was still being rediscovered and reinvented by conductors such as Bernstein, Kubelik and Barbirolli. In that regard alone, Sanderling seems ahead of the pack.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ORIGINAL NEGATIVE REVIEW REMOVED!,
By Bertram christmas "bert" (Boston ,MA.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mahler - Symphony No. 10 (Audio CD)
Hmmm', after another glowing review following mine, I now notice that the original negative review which had been posted as "horrible", has now dissapeared. As stated previous, it had been the only ever time I had ever read anything negative regarding this performance.
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