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Mahler: Symphony No. 4.(Sound Recording Review)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (arranged by Erwin Stein); Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arranged by Arnold Schonberg) The Smithsonian Chamber Players/Santa Fe Pro Musica/Christine Brandes, soprano/Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano/Kenneth Slowik (Dorian Recordings DOR-90315)
We sometimes forget that recordings are a quite recent development in human history. In the earlier part of the 20th century, music lovers curious about the symphonies of Gustav Mahler did not have the luxury of choosing amongst dozens of recordings of his symphonies. They either heard a performance (and not on the radio, of course ...) by an orchestra, they read through the score if they could get their hands on one, maybe then trying to sound some things out on a piano, or they simply relied on accounts by those who had been so lucky as to have been to a concert.
For some music lovers, another way to hear Mahler's music was to take the score, reduce the complex orchestration down to a chamber arrangement, and then assemble enough talented musicians to hear the bare bones of the score. This new Dorian recording of Symphony No. 4 and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ("Songs of a Wayfarer") is of ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Mahler: Symphony No. 4.(Sound Recording Review)