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Copland would approve.

A rather strange performance. The chorus is almost clipped at the end to make way for the orchestral peroration to bring it to a close.

Bravo, Hindemith.

An opera for the ages. Strauss' Magnum Opus in my opinion. Please post the rest of this.

Nice to see that the media knew, even back then, how to screw up art, by superimposing credits and clipping the performance. What a travesty.

This fine work has never been mainstream in the concert hall. I was introduced to it in performances by Rudolf Firkushny. Excellent job.

@aghiatrias1 Don't forget Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts.

@organman52 Fact is, how often do you think this work is going to find its way into a professional program? If not for amateur groups, many fine works would never be performed. Add to that that because it is a mass it is going to automatically qualify it for many church choirs and amateur group...

Dudamel brings a youthful freshness to everything he attempts. Magnificent.

Sokolov is more to my taste, but Pollini does a good job of bringing out each note clearly unlike the muddy interpretations of some pianists.

To have created that which you would never hear. Such joy mingled with such tragedy. Yet we are all the more enriched by it.

They applaud because their hands must do something. They have already been praying.

Bergman epitomised Joan.

Interesting to hear, but I prefer the extended finale of the revised version.

This opening is in my collection of the most astounding symphonic beginnings. VW nailed it.

Just found this. It is nothing short of amazing.

Is it any wonder that some, in Brahm's day, referred to this as Beethoven's Tenth?

Where's the orchestra?

What's the rush? He's too ugly to have a hot date waiting for him at the end of the concert. Gergiev simply is out of touch with Mahler's mind and should not be permitted to conduct Mahler.

@classiccandle27 Cheesy? This was the sixties. It was probably the era of the end of sincerity. Cheesy is epitomized by the current climate.

@JohnnieNaked I'll second that!

Good, but hardly epic.

@alexface211 Some great selections here: May I suggest.

Mahler:Symphony No.2

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1

Scriabin: Symphony No. 4 "Poeme d'Extase"

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "Age of Anxiety"

Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable"

Prokofie...

The name change actually helped me. I was looking for a movie sountrack and ordered "Pacifier." I didn't get the Vin Diesel movie, but I was blown away by what I heard and they are now my favorite band. This is one American that loves this group, no matter what their name is.

I love this band, but they are definitely a studio band. They don't seem to come off well in a live performance.

Astounding. No wonder Mahler's own mother chided him when he told her he had won a prize for composition. She is said to have told him, "Rott's work is better." He went on to prove his worth, but it shows the feelings at the time. On a completely unrelated note, does Rott remind anyone of a ...

I think the pace reveals so much of this complex work that gets lost in the "let's see how fast we can play it to show our great artistry" school.

Having attended this performance, I can only say what memories this brings back. It was simply electrifying and anytime Gutierrez came to Pittsburgh, it was an event.

I lived in Pittsburgh and attended the symphony through the Steinberg years as well as Previn and Maazel (yuk). They are a world class orchestra, and it looks like Honek is proving to be a real plus in getting them the recognition they deserve.

@paula19778 I agree. Our church made a big mistake when they tried to thrust these ancient traditions into the 20th and now 21st century.

Superb interpretation.

Perfection in music that is hard to deny.

Funny stuff, especially the warning light. There are a lot of other organs out there suffering from stop envy.

Superior performance that touches the heart and mind.

Magnificent.

Not the best performance, but that it is performed at all these days is wonderful.

Thanks for posting. Martinu's music is so relevant and yet so neglected.

HA HA.. Jabba the Not So Hut.

This seventh. This glorious seventh, which begins in darkness and ends in light. A light of earth, however. And this earthly light carries us toward the light of the divine, which is the eighth and then on to the light of eternity, which is the ninth.

Holy crap. A Brady Bunch flash mob.

Quite simply the best tenor voice that history has produced.

@blakley42 Yes, it's definitely over the top. But, Handel himself was over the top by even writing a piece about the Messiah. I like to think that Beecham was giving us a glimpse of what the peice may have sounded like in the Crystal Palace of Victorian times, when choruses of 5,000 were someti...