mbhaub
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Missing brass in the Barbirolli? Not in the EMI/Philharmonia recording. That recording is nearly flawless. Very careful attention to the markings in the score. The recording is so good you can hear Barbirolli's usual humming along with the music, and you can hear a lot of traffic noise in the background (with careful headphone listening).
Now, there's a huge error in the trombones in Bernstein 9/DG in the last movement, which could easily be fixed with a little post-production editing. And Inbal's 7 is marred also by an errant trombone section in the first movement. But Barbirolli is not plagued by any brass screw-ups: I checked using the Peter's Edition revised score of 1964. Mahler 5 doesn't get much better than this. Barbirolli was such a great Mahler conductor, it's a great tragedy that he didn't get to record more in the studio before he died. Guess we have to be happy with what live recordings we have.
Originally Posted by PSmith08 So, I'd better shelve the 2000 word essay declaring Abbado the king of the 5th, followed only by Barbirolli (missing brass and all), then. I don't know...someone has to be an incurable Mahler heretic. |
Missing brass in the Barbirolli? Not in the EMI/Philharmonia recording. That recording is nearly flawless. Very careful attention to the markings in the score. The recording is so good you can hear Barbirolli's usual humming along with the music, and you can hear a lot of traffic noise in the background (with careful headphone listening).
Now, there's a huge error in the trombones in Bernstein 9/DG in the last movement, which could easily be fixed with a little post-production editing. And Inbal's 7 is marred also by an errant trombone section in the first movement. But Barbirolli is not plagued by any brass screw-ups: I checked using the Peter's Edition revised score of 1964. Mahler 5 doesn't get much better than this. Barbirolli was such a great Mahler conductor, it's a great tragedy that he didn't get to record more in the studio before he died. Guess we have to be happy with what live recordings we have.