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Tony Duggan brings one of the Mahler-List's favorite subjects to MCML:
>Bob [Stumpf] puts his finger on the problem. Bernstein in Mahler is too
>"idiosyncratic". I would also add far too personally involved to the
>extent that his idiosyncrasy and involvement becomes irritating in a short
>time and annoying over longer.
I have heard Bernstein only in 1, 2, 3, 5 (both NYPO and VPO), 6, and 9.
I agree with you on all counts except for 5. What exactly is it about the
VPO recording that people find idiosyncratic? When I compare it to my five
other M5's, I don't hear anything that makes me think I'm listening to
"Bernstein 5" rather than Mahler 5. True, the Adagietto is a bit of a
wallow. But if I were to walk in on this performance mid-disc, I would
be hard pressed to identify it as belonging to a certain conductor. I'm
not asking for a bar-for-bar analysis, but one or two examples of
idiosyncracies would be appreciated.
Mitch Friedfeld
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