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Has anyone got any old scratchy vintage recordings which they love to death? I have Alma Rosé. She was the niece of Gustav Mahler, at the time director of the Vienna Opera, and the daughter of Arnold Rosé, concertmaster of the Opera Orchestra and (read full article)
Another clip from Sir Simon Rattle’s farewell concert with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1998. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 is performed by the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder this Thursday at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, pa (read full article)
This was Sir Simon Rattle’s farewell concert with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which he led for 18 years. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, of course. I wish I’d been there. (read full article)
Here are some of Stravinsky’s thoughts on other composers, taken from Robert Craft’s less than reliable book Conversations with Igor Stravinsky: I remember seeing Mahler in St. Petersburg. His concert there was a triumph. Rimsky was still alive, (read full article)
Maybe if Robert Schumann’s symphonies were to be played on “period” instruments, Mahler might not have found it necessary to rescore them. Or maybe Schumann’s scoring is so bad they need work done on them anyway. Mahler’s rescoring of the (read full article)
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