[Arthaus 101065] GIULINI, Carlo Maria: In Rehearsal

Recorded in Stuttgart, 1997.

A portrait of Carlo Maria Giulini this month - the enigmatic Italian conductor who found success in both the opera house and the concert hall. Modest, reserved, and unruled by ambition, Giulini's interpretations are refined and precise, marked by rich string textures and a lyrical warmth.

Like a considerable number of his conductor colleagues, Carlo Maria Giulini also began his career as an instrumentalist. Born in Italy on May 9, 1914, he studied viola and composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome before going on to study conducting with Bernardino Molinari. He has worked with several generations of musicians over the course of his long career and his repertoire comprises all the great symphonic and operatic works. Documented by many recordings, Giulini's outstanding talent turns his performances into milestones of interpretation, as one critic has astutely observed. In this absorbing programme, we witness the creation of one of these milestones as we observe Giulini rehearsing Anton Bruckner's Ninth Symphony with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. The DVD also includes the work's concert performance.

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[darkprose]

Really savage. I think Guilini really preserves the polyphony here, whereas Karajan seems to mute it.

[foerster]

Sì, la n.9 di Bruckner diretta da Giulini è qualcosa di grande, ma veramente Giulini, che grande, un vero SIGNORE, così profondo, sincero e veramente grande. Ultimo di una grande generazione...

[123must]

Thanks!

[darkprose]

@darkprose Hmm, or maybe it's homophony -- anyway, the point being, returning to this again, you can hear more distinction of the strings during the louder passages in a way that doesn't seem as obvious in Karajan.

[Nai61a]

@Strefanasha My German is not wonderful, but he's essentially asking them for a clear distinction between notes with accents and notes with dots, (he demonstrates this). He asks for long notes when there are accents whether played at the heel of the bow or with the whole bow. (Again, he demonstrates this.) He is, as ever, very polite and gentle. Hope this helps.

[Strefanasha]

Oh yes, the guilini version of Bruckner 9th is my main version (the other is far too fast and skates over the notes)

but can anyone offer translations? I have no german to speak of except for a few words from my musical career as a bass player and my reading of european hiustory

[cobaltsls]

I am an avid Bernstein fan , but NO ONE captures this work like Giulini!!

Nor even Karajan , nor Furtwangler....just perfect

[olmaleo]

La registrazione con i Wiener (soprattutto) e anche quella di Chicago sono nettamente più riuscite, rifinite e compiute, ma qui si raggiunge un lato "primordiale" e "selvaggio" di Bruckner che mi ricorda un po' Knappertsbusch.

[jlcel0818ya]

@MyMusic0201

Thanks! I did not know that.

[MyMusic0201]

@jlcel0818ya Well yeah, he grew up in a town that was first Austrian (Bozen) and later Italian (Bolzano). He is fluent in both languages.

[fabrizzzio48]

Why not. More composed. Both Berstein and Celibidache, so out of whack many times.

But don't miss Lovro von Matacic's version. Perhaps the most in mastery.

[foerster]

yes.