Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Product Details

Artist : Sir Simon Rattle
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 5099950122820
Label : EMI
Number of Discs : 2
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2008-03-03
Running Time : 84minutes

ASIN : B000Y0UYC0

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. I. Andante Comodo
2. II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländler. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb. Poco piu mossu subito \x{2013} Ländler, ganz langsam
3. III. Rondo. Burleske (Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig \x{2013} presto)
4. IV. Adagio (Sehr langsam)

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Customer Reviews

Magnificent New Ninth From Rattle & the BPO (2008-03-16)

Even if you're happy with whatever great Ninth/s you already have in your possession, think seriously about buying this. It's really affordable, much cheaper than the Vienna recording, and better recorded by far. You must know by now what a superb Mahlerian Rattle is. He has spoken, I believe, about the Ninth as part of a triptych with Das Lied and the Tenth Symphony. The new Berlin Ninth is to my mind the realisation of Schoenberg's description of the symphony as (paraphrase), a series of dispassionate statements of beauty. There is something pure, almost glacial, and finally purifying about this recording's voyage into Mahler's loving, sublime, mortified psyche. At times I thought I was with Karajan's orchestra of the 1980s.I love the way rattle is able, on this occasion, to elucidate musical details, leaf and flower, without the drama getting forestalled. Everyone moves just as it should. The landler is splendidly gritty and the Berlin strings really let rip in the adagio. The closing pages are magical, the whole movement very moving because tears are held in check. To be honest, I wouldn't choose this ahead of karajan's 1982 recording which intriguingly has more bite and ferocity in the middle movements, more grace and refinement geared towards drawing us into a battle with mortality drawn uncomfortably close. Rattle really is too reserved in the rondo, but nevertheless, this is quite an achievement and definitely worth acquiring even as a supplement to the Complete Symphonies box-set. Take a deep breath...

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