A lush measured performance that “just plays the music” (in the best sense of the expression). Great orchestra overall, but the woodwinds are particularly excellent.
That’s immortality! One can find Mahler‘s spirit and genius everywhere in the world. And the 10th is a psychological mirror how he suffered because of Alma‘s infidelity
Mahler died before completing this work, more specifically in the orchestration, for which he had only written drafts. References indicate that from the drafts of the first and third movements , it has been possible to produce performing versions that would be close to Mahler's intentions. For the remaining movements, many attempts have been made to decipher as much as possible from the scratchy manuscripts, with varying results. Significant amounts of compositional work have been needed to get a performing version of the symphony. What you hear is a constructed framework allowing performances to give audiences some idea of what Mahler's possible intentions.may have been. I'm not sufficiently familiar with the tenth to recognize which version is being performed here, The "completed' work has the 5 movements Mahler had planned; 1. Andante-Adagio, 2. Scherzo, 3. Purgatorio, 4 Scherzo, 5 Finale. I haven't listened to this yet (that comes next), but from the 84 minutes of this performance. I am guessing it's one of the completed versions. [I've posted this for anyone interested in finding some info on this symphony.I'm no great expert, just a Mahler enthusiast.] Later - I'm really enjoying the performance. After preparing what I wrote above, I'm now sitting back letting the music wash over me - excellent. Would love to know just who the performers are. In the sparse material provided, there's mention of "2 Songs" - I shudder. There are no songs - "songs" are music that's "sung". The sins of Spotify etc.
This is the Deryck Cooke performing version of Mahler 10. It's the most universally performed version of the symphony. There's another TH-cam video of this same performance uploaded by 'nonhalalstudios', and that video mentions that it's the Cooke version. There were numerous other versions, by Barshai, Clinton Carpenter, etc, even a piano version. It makes for an interesting read on the internet. Alma Mahler, Gustav's wife, who lived into the early 1960s, having earlier refused to coutenance a completed version of the symphony, finally gave her written approval to Deryck Cooke of this version once she'd seen the score.
@@G.v.5049 Lenny was a fool when it came to this. He was so set in his view that the 9th was Mahler's farewell to life (when it was more likely about trying to cope with the loss of his health, his job and his daughter), that he couldn't see that Mahler went on after it and that the 10th was all there in sketch when he died.
I find the final movement to be too gloomy and sad. I love the first movement tremendously, but the ending movement is just too sad in my opinion. He said it all in the 9th. The 1st movement of the 10th is like a bonus.
That timpanist is on fire!!!
Unbelievable piece of music ❤
A lush measured performance that “just plays the music” (in the best sense of the expression). Great orchestra overall, but the woodwinds are particularly excellent.
That’s immortality! One can find Mahler‘s spirit and genius everywhere in the world.
And the 10th is a psychological mirror how he suffered because of Alma‘s infidelity
Mahler died before completing this work, more specifically in the orchestration, for which he had only written drafts. References indicate that from the drafts of the first and third movements , it has been possible to produce performing versions that would be close to Mahler's intentions. For the remaining movements, many attempts have been made to decipher as much as possible from the scratchy manuscripts, with varying results. Significant amounts of compositional work have been needed to get a performing version of the symphony. What you hear is a constructed framework allowing performances to give audiences some idea of what Mahler's possible intentions.may have been. I'm not sufficiently familiar with the tenth to recognize which version is being performed here, The "completed' work has the 5 movements Mahler had planned; 1. Andante-Adagio, 2. Scherzo, 3. Purgatorio, 4 Scherzo, 5 Finale. I haven't listened to this yet (that comes next), but from the 84 minutes of this performance. I am guessing it's one of the completed versions.
[I've posted this for anyone interested in finding some info on this symphony.I'm no great expert, just a Mahler enthusiast.]
Later - I'm really enjoying the performance. After preparing what I wrote above, I'm now sitting back letting the music wash over me - excellent. Would love to know just who the performers are. In the sparse material provided, there's mention of "2 Songs" - I shudder. There are no songs - "songs" are music that's "sung". The sins of Spotify etc.
This is the Deryck Cooke performing version of Mahler 10. It's the most universally performed version of the symphony. There's another TH-cam video of this same performance uploaded by 'nonhalalstudios', and that video mentions that it's the Cooke version. There were numerous other versions, by Barshai, Clinton Carpenter, etc, even a piano version. It makes for an interesting read on the internet. Alma Mahler, Gustav's wife, who lived into the early 1960s, having earlier refused to coutenance a completed version of the symphony, finally gave her written approval to Deryck Cooke of this version once she'd seen the score.
Yes, nonhalalstudios is my old channel for which I am no longer able to login :(
@@pelocitdarney5718 And she cried when she finally got to hear the whole thing performed by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia orchestra.
@@Quotenwagnerianerbut other conductors, like Lenny, refused to perform the 10th
@@G.v.5049 Lenny was a fool when it came to this.
He was so set in his view that the 9th was Mahler's farewell to life (when it was more likely about trying to cope with the loss of his health, his job and his daughter), that he couldn't see that Mahler went on after it and that the 10th was all there in sketch when he died.
As close as we get to spiritual heaven. 8:49
I find the final movement to be too gloomy and sad. I love the first movement tremendously, but the ending movement is just too sad in my opinion. He said it all in the 9th. The 1st movement of the 10th is like a bonus.