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Mahler - Symphony No 6; Strauss - Ein Heldenleben [Original recording remastered]

~ London Symphony Orchestra (Artist), Gustav Mahler (Composer), Richard Strauss (Composer), John Barbirolli (Conductor), New Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Conductor: John Barbirolli
  • Composer: Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss
  • Audio CD (2 Oct 2006)
  • SPARS Code: A-D
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Gemini
  • ASIN: B000HWZANS
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 111,386 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Barbirolli's unique view makes this essential listening, 7 Mar 2009
By Colin Fortune (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the great Mahler recordings from one of the champions of the Mahler renaissance in the 1960's. The playing of the New Philharmonia is rich and assured and Barbirolli's direction is all of a piece with his understanding of the tragic weight of the work. Be sure: this is an almost indispensable recording if you are interested in the the development of today's Mahler tradition of performance.

The very opening of the symphony is much slower and weightier than is usual. The exposition repeat is omitted here and because of the unusual amount of detail that one hears and the rather slow tempo, this does not seem much of a loss. The rest of the movement - and indeed the rest of the symphony - is a huge struggle with dark fate. This is endlessly fascinating: a unique take on a very difficult symphony to interpret. Well worth buying for its historical importance alone!

The recording quality is good - especially in the remastering - though nothing can approach the wonderful (but very expensive) Eschenbach recording Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Piano Quartet [Hybrid SACD] for fine recorded sound. No matter: this is still remarkably good and very well worth the money.

In order to avoid confusion please note that there are TWO different ways you can buy this Mahler performance and that this particular disc is the way that I recommend you do it. The coupling of Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" is also a magnificent example of "Glorious John's" work - very characterful and engaging. Also, this particular version has the Adagio placed second and the Scherzo placed third, which was the way that Barbirolli performed it live. The versions that have Strauss' "Metamorphosen" as the coupling Symphony No. 6/Metamorphosen (Barbirolli, New Po) and Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Richard Strauss; Metamorphosen are either more expensive or they have the movement order of Scherzo followed by Adagio - which was how the original LP recording were issued (and with this coupling). "Metamorphosen" is a fine performance by the way but the "Heldenleben" is a greater one. Your choice may be influenced by these factors but if you get a version with the Scherzo/Slow Movement configuration then I refer you to the original notes for the black discs "...the home listener is uniquely able to choose which order is more acceptable in a way that the concert-goer is not."

Whichever you choose, the Mahler is an unquestionably great performance and deserves to be heard.
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