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Symphony No. 4.
Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Camilla Tilling, soprano; Benjamin Zander, Philharmonia Orchestra. Telarc 2CD-80555.
Like his previous recordings of Mahler for Telarc, the Fifth and the Ninth, Benjamin Zander's interpretation of the Fourth is as close to the score and Mahler's intentions as he says he could get. This doesn't necessarily make for the most ravishing, insightful, or engaging performance on record, but it does help clarify some of Mahler's mood swings.
The Fourth has long been Mahler's most accessible symphony, and he intended it so. For one thing, it's short. In Mahlerian terms that means a little under an hour. More important, it maintains a positive, often cheerful, ultimately spiritual mood throughout. No funeral dirges here. Oddly, the booklet note by Michael Steinberg points out it wasn't always so. The first audiences to hear the Fourth were disappointed with it, thinking it passive and undemanding. They expected more of a storm from the composer. Well, times change and people now love the Fourth as Mahler expected them to.
Zander's performance does sound a bit underwhelming compared to others I had on hand, like Szell, Klemperer, and even the usually reserved Haitink. ...
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