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Mahler: Symphony No 3, 1st movement (Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra)
I was inspired into Mahlerdom after reading a post on Mahler Owes me Ten Bucks that bassicaly devides all of Mahlers work into 4 types:
The most I can do is to group Mahler’ symphonies into four tiers of profundity and beauty. Call them Transcendentally Profound and Beautiful, Immortally P&B, Extremely P&B, and Merely P&B.
Transcendentally P&B Mahler Symphonies
3, 8, 9, 10Immortally P&B Mahler Symphonies
2, Das Lied von der ErdeExtremely P&B Mahler Symphonies
5, 6, 7Merely P&B Mahler Symphonies
1, 4
I found that quite an interesting division and am going to spend some time figuring out if I buy this or not.
I do find #2 Immortally P&B as described above.
Mahler: Symphony No 2, 1st movement (Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra)
I’m still mulling over my list of Mahler symphonies, trying to decide which ones are more profound than others. (the list on my blog was by a good friend) Making that list almost seems unfair at times, ya know? Then I think about which ones I LIKE more, and are they more profound simply because of that very fact? I dunno. I’m still scratching my head on this one.
I never make my own lists - I feel it corners me out of being able to change my mind or swing with my mood….. I like mulling over other peoples lists - I can check them out, taste them a bit and then go back to wondering happily which one is going to be my favorite for the day and why…:-)