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Re: Mahler Symphonies - Why Not Mix & Match?
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David Harbin <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 4 Aug 2004 12:53:42 +0100
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Deryk Barker wrote:

>I'd say that the 8th is the one Mahler symphony you really have to hear
>live.

Or try the Horenstein LSO recording on BBC Legends.  My personal feeling
about the 8th is that tries to take off in part 1 but fails due to
rhetoric.  Only after the inner emotion beginning Part 2 can Mahler work
through the issues to finally soar (quite spectacularly) in the coda.

David Harbin
Nottingham, UK

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