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title: "Mahler: Symphony No. 6 \"Tragic\""
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# Mahler: Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"

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## Customer Reviews

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    Explanations Are Welcomed
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2017*

A very good performance.  My only comment is why don't more deservedly eminent conductors follow Zander's lead and include am additional disc with their CD releases describing their methods and commenting on the work the listener has just heard.  Barenboim rleases three complete cycles of Bruckner, but there's no such "discussion CD" with any of the three.In fact, the only other cycle I've acquired that includes such a CD is Tintner's Bruckner cycle on Naxos, which is immensely interesting, especially when Tintner plays musical examples from symphony 7 on that CD which illuminate his feeling for and approach to Bruckner--and, IMHO, why his Bruckner cycle, recorded when he was in his late 70s, is competitive, again IMHO, with Barenboim's, as well as Jochum's and Wand's.

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    One of the best
  

*by F***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2002*

I currently have ten different recordings of this symphony. It has been my favorite Mahler symphony since I first heard a magnificent live BBC performance by Norman Del Mar at Royal Albert Hall in 1962. I also have the original Zander performance with the Boston Philharmonic, and considering the semi-professional status of the performers, that performance remains electrifying, and a benchmark in my opinion. Like this studio recording, the hammer blows are shattering. I've also heard several live performances in person. For many years now, I've had a real feel for this symphony, almost instinctively knowing how it should sound, especially the first movement. In this recording, Zander comes close to perfection in the first movement, although some of his tempos in the middle sections of the first movement seem just a tad bit slow, and it lacks a certain lightness of touch I believe should be there in the Alma theme. But the coda is as thrilling as any performance I've ever heard, with the fast tempo being just right. The best performance of the first movement I have on disk is a little known recording by Evgeni Svetlanov and the USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra. I remember the review appearing in American Record Guide, where the reviewer wondered what a Russian was doing turning out one of the best performances of the Mahler 6th ever recorded.I'm not going to say anything more about this latest Zander performance, but would like to make a couple comments on the recording and Zander's opinion on the merits of the revised last movement. Unlike a previous reviewer who thought he heard several flaws in this recording, I have only one complaint about it. There seems to be a peculiar turning down of the sound level of the orchestra just before the first hammer blow, in both the original and the revised versions, which Zander blesses us with on the second disk. The orchestral volume level is magically back to "normal" just after the hammer blow. Perhaps this gradual lowering of the volume was done to achieve a more dramatic contrast when the hammer does finally hit, or perhaps there was a fear of overmodulating the disk. But this latter explanation doesn't fly, because on the third disk, when Zander demonstrates this part, there IS no lowering of the volume and it sounds much more dramatic. Anyhow, maybe I'm hearing things, but I listened to this three times in both versions, and my sense that the volume is being turned down just before the hammer strikes just won't go away. Note that this lowering of the orchestral level (which is at fortissimo at the time) only occurs just before the FIRST hammer blow.Then, as for Zander's opinion that Mahler was "correct" in his first version and compromised in the removal of the third hammer blow and thinning of the orchestration in the revised version, I personally am not so sure. Maybe it's because I've rarely heard the original version, but I think I like the cleaner textures of the revised version. I'm going to go along with Mahler's final thoughts on this one, at least until I get to know the original version better. It's interesting that Zander's timing of the two versions differs by only one second.

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    Zander's insights worth the price
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2006*

How do you choose one musical performance over another? Isn't it all just subjective--my perferences and yours or hers?In the first place, it's hard to describe in words, what Mahler was describing in complex combinations of musical notes.I have liked something about ALL the performances I've heard of Mahler's Sixth. Some are played faster, some softer, some clearer, some emphasize the strings, some just use cowbells, or a hammerschlag instrument that are more to my liking.Fortunately, this particular CD set has something that sets it apart: a third CD with 80 minutes of comments on Mahler's Sixth by conductor Benjamin Zander.Ben Zander provides insight into the symphony by providing biographical information about what was going on in Mahler's life at that time. For instance, he suggests that the three "hammer blows" in the symphony's last movement may refer to Mahler's losing his position at Vienna because of rampant anti-Semitism, his young daughter's untimely death, and his doctor's prognosis that Mahler had an incurable heart infection.Zander also illuminates the Sixth's "Classical" form, and things such as what kind of sound Mahler desired for the "Hammerschlag" sounds and the various bells in the score.You probably wouldn't still be reading this if you are not one who enjoys Mahler, so I will tell you simply that since you like Mahler, you'll find Zander's many comments a joy which will help you appreciate Mahler even more.

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