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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 [Enhanced]

Berliner Philharmoniker Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (3 Mar 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B000Y0UYC0
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 52,031 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  3. Symphony No. 9 in D: III. Rondo-Burleske (Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig)12:37£2.99  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Symphony No. 9 in D: IV. Adagio (Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend)26:04£4.49  Buy MP3 


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Simon Rattle began recording the Mahler symphonies for EMI Classics in 1987, the first foray being Symphony No. 2 with the CBSO, and the subsequent cycle has seen great critical success. Gramophone said of Sir Simon's earlier recording of Mahler 9 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for EMI: "How thrilling it is to hear the score projected at white heat! This is at various times the loudest, softest, fastest and slowest Mahler Ninth on disc." And the magazine commented on his Mahler 10 recording with the BPO, which was his first Mahler with the orchestra: "Rattle makes the strongest possible case for an astonishing piece of revivification that only the most die-hard purists will resist. Strongly recommended."

With over 225k sales to date, his recordings of Mahler 5 and 10 with the BPO have certainly been a huge hit, and this new recording of Symphony No. 9 is sure to be just as successful amongst his many fans.

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2CD Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent New Ninth From Rattle & the BPO 16 Mar 2008
By Philoctetes TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Even if you're happy with whatever great Ninth/s you already have in your possession, think seriously about buying this. It's affordable, much cheaper than the Vienna recording, and better recorded by far. You must know by now what a superb Mahlerian Rattle is. He has spoken, I believe, about the Ninth as part of a triptych with Das Lied and the Tenth Symphony. The new Berlin Ninth is to my mind the realisation of Schoenberg's description of the symphony as (paraphrase), a series of dispassionate statements of beauty. There is something chaste, almost glacial, and finally purifying about this recording's voyage into Mahler's loving, sublime, mortified psyche. At times I thought I was with Karajan's orchestra of the 1980s.

I love the way Rattle is able, on this occasion, to elucidate musical details, leaf and flower, without the drama getting forestalled. Everything moves just as it should. The landler is splendidly gritty and the Berlin strings really let rip in the adagio. The closing pages are magical, very moving because tears are held in check.

To be honest, I wouldn't choose this ahead of karajan's 1982 recording which intriguingly has more bite and ferocity in the middle movements, more grace and refinement geared towards drawing us into a battle with mortality drawn uncomfortably close. Rattle really is too reserved in the rondo, but nevertheless this is quite an achievement and definitely worth acquiring even as a supplement to the Complete Symphonies box-set. Take a deep breath...
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Just Superb 27 Dec 2010
By G Reid
Format:Audio CD
This is a warm, open, spacious Mahler 9 from Rattle and the BPO which I thoroughly recommend.

Although I am generally speaking an admirer of Rattle, I've found some of his previous Mahler recordings to be a bit fussy, as if Rattle was concentrating so much on the surface details he'd lost sight of the underlying spirit - a bit like Boulez, they sounded like people who'd mastered a foreign language - even though they were fluent, they didn't sound like a native - the head ruled the heart, etc.

Not here. This has a real Viennese lilt, the playing is sumptuous, and Rattle lets the music breathe. The first couple of movements are spacious, but tight, while the 3rd movement Burleske has real bite, and the closing passage is ferocious. The final adagio manages to combine that sense of serenity and loss, of desolation and consolation combined, which I only find in Mahler, without eschewing or wallowing in sentimentality.

In short, this is simply a great recording of a very great symphony. Now I want him to go and re-record all the rest.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great performance - one of the best 13 Mar 2011
By Bacchus TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
I have long experience of attending Sir Simon Rattle's performances of Mahler works when he was with the CBSO and also with the Philharmonia Orchestra in the 1980s. While these have always been exciting memorable occasions, I was not always convinced with the results on his recordings. I have never been a fan of his CBSO performance of Mahler's Second Symphony, which I thought was far too slow in the first movement - with little compensation that can come with slow speeds in terms of uncovered detail. That said, there are felicitous moments later in the performance which do compensate.

I write this preamble because I viewed this recording with some trepidation and it has taken me some time to get round to listening to it. I did not want to be disappointed.

I am glad to say that this is a wonderful recording of a stunning performance of this work. It is a live performance and it makes me wonder whether Sir Simon Rattle's interpretations are best enjoyed "on the wing" at a live performance rather than in the recording studio. The Berlin Philharmonic is an amazing orchestra. I was stunned with the variety of sonorities that I heard - it made me marvel at Mahler's genius as an orchestrator.

Mahler's 9th Symphony has been very lucky on record and seems to bring out the best in conductors and orchestras. The first movement has a wonderful 'fin di siecle' quality and reminds me a bit of Alban Berg, especially his violin concerto. I think it has so much going on in it that a conductor has to control the music to give a coherent picture. Simon Rattle does this extraordinarily well with a real sense of flow. He also has the knack of pacing the movement and holding back from giving too much away too early so that he can create an even larger overall picture. The second movement is performed with real bite. The Rondo-Burleske movement, again can be problematic. In some renditions, I am reminded of the line from Macbeth, "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". Simon Rattle again achieves a sense of flow that gives the movement real meaning. The serene finale is wonderfully expressive.

I think this is overall a very fine and recommendable recording which is unlikely to disappoint.
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