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Chris Bonds wrote:
>Roger Hecht wrote:
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>>Most overrated composer.
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>>Gustav Mahler.
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>I'm curious--how would you compare him with Bruckner?
It's interesting this pairing of Mahler and Bruckner as if they were
brothers. They were very different composers. I can't think of anyone who
likes both equally. Usually, if not always, there is a decided preference
for one or the other. I make no claim to total comprehensiveness, but just
sitting here, I can't think of a conductor who does most of the symphonies
of both equally well, though many have tried. Generally a conductor is
better at one or the other. Someone will think of somebody who's equally
adept at both, I guess.
That said, Bruckner is in my pantheon. He speaks to me in a way Mahler
doesn't quite manage. And that, I think, is the basic difference between
the two, as far as I can describe it for me without going into all kinds
of pained comparisons.
Roger Hecht
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