Gustav Mahler Symphony no.7 Rondo Finale Part One

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Conducted by Leonard Berstein.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: August 13, 2006 at 10:02 am
Author: MahlerTitan

Length: 0:09:28
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Tags: Gustav Mahler Leonard Bernstein Symphony no.7 Vienna Philharmonic

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telephilia (Monday 27th of October 2008 10:52:55 PM)
I read somewhere that Mahler was inspired here by the Prelude to Die Meistersinger. Certainly it has that somewhat that same brassy, festive air where many themes jostle against each other.
MahlerTitan (Monday 27th of October 2008 11:05:17 PM)
yeah, i read it too. Which is really a pointless thing to say. Since, Mahler was obviously hardcore for Wagner. Everyone knew that. A lot of people criticize this movement, saying that it destroys the structure of the symphony, really? I don't think so. I don't think a symphony should be "coherent" in the classical sense. Plus, this is a very atypical symphony of Mahler's. But, ultimately it is up to the listener to figure out whether they like it or not.
LSOHornist (Tuesday 21st of August 2007 09:48:25 PM)
Mahler's music is music that flows rapidly from within him..it is not subject to the 'laws' of normal structure, it is him...and it is truly inspiring music..and very demanding for the symphony orchestra to play
richardz117 (Thursday 9th of August 2007 12:30:40 PM)
you guys should hear the 2nd mov. in my opinion is the most beautiful. Gustav Mahler and felix Mendelsohn Bartoldy were both fro different times.
lovelymess (Saturday 21st of July 2007 04:23:21 PM)
God the emotions on the man's face! That is real conducting. I am sick to death of the clock watching that passes for conducting these days!
pawdaw (Thursday 22nd of March 2007 08:02:23 PM)
Lennie's is the most imaginative reading of this movement I know of. Solti was a bandmaster. His beat is harsh, unyielding and unrelenting. As I said- NOT Mahler.
Shipskeel (Monday 27th of October 2008 08:06:32 PM)
Your syntax actually reads that it is Solti who has the harsh beat, unyielding and unrelenting.
pawdaw (Tuesday 28th of October 2008 12:54:32 AM)
That's right. I have never been a fan of Solti in Mahler. Yes, his recordings feature incredible playing but his conducting sells the music short. In this symphony Bernstein, Kubelik and Gielen, for example, have so much more to say about the music.
etucker82 (Sunday 10th of December 2006 02:34:08 PM)
Maybe the hardest movement in Mahler to make sense of. Bernstein does better than most quite get there this time, neither do most conductors. Abbado and Kubelik are the only ones I know that do.