Kurt sanderling edition by bruckner, anton, beethoven, ludwig van on cd. Its slower than the two bbc versions, and if pressed i would nominate it as his best. What can we glean from watching sanderling at the bbc proms in london in 1988. The best recordings of shostakovichs symphony no 10 gramophone. Hie performed it numberous times and recorded it more than once. Gustav mahler said, my symphonies represent the contents of my entire life. Gustav mahler, kurt sanderling, bbc philharmonic orchestra. Kurt sanderling was chosen to rehabilitate the disgraced artist in a concert a year after the trials of formalism in music in 1947, and always remained dedicated to explaining the hidden. Kurt sanderlings latterday concert performances were noted for their intellectual rigour even if their dearth of surface incident and typically deliberate tread failed to stir nonpartisan listeners. Abbados live performance of mahler 9 is a haunted, desperate thing which.
Throughout his career, kurt sanderling made bruckners symphony no. Among his many admirers is sir simon rattle so its quite interesting that this live sanderling recording of mahlers last fully completed symphony should appear almost contemporaneously with rattles superb new account. After early work at the deutsche oper berlin, he left for russia in 1936, where he worked with the moscow radio symphony orchestra. Ph17007 by ndr sinfonieorchester, gustav mahler, kurt sanderling from amazons classical music store. Concert kurt sanderling conducts schumann and mahler. The final page of the last, cataclysmically slow movement of mahlers ninth symphony is one of the most famously deathhaunted places in. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from kurt sanderling at the discogs marketplace. His 1979 performance with the berlin symphony is one of the most cleanly articulated, beautiful ninths ever recorded, an ideal balance of emotion and stoicism, while his dark, dramatic 1982 version with the bbc philharmonic has received critical acclaim, but it is rougheredged and. The erato philharmonia recording, 1992, is also great. The picture of east german conductor kurt sanderling revealed in this 16disc collection is that of a superlative, if inconsistent, conductor. While his recordings have remained in the catalog, one was short lived and never made the switch to cd. Sep 18, 2011 kurt sanderling was chosen to rehabilitate the disgraced artist in a concert a year after the trials of formalism in music in 1947, and always remained dedicated to explaining the hidden. Mstislav rostropovich, a sceptic, and kurt sanderling, a believer, are both a little limp.
Gustav mahler born july 7, 1860, kalischt, bohemia. Hopkins heart is stirred by the extravagant love gift of a single bird. Cooke also called the ninth symphony mahlers dark night of the soul a perfect. Sep 22, 2011 kurt sanderling died on september 17 in berlin, just two days shy of his 99th birthday of old age, according to his eldest son stefan. Sanderlings powerful late mahler by david hurwitz on october 25, 2014 in kurt sanderlings three late mahler recordings represent an outstanding testament to a firstclass artist. Bbc radio classics, broadcast performance from manchester, july 17, 1982. Mahler symphony no 9 in d major sanderling youtube. Walter conducted the first performance with the vienna philharmonic on june 26, 1912.
Kurt sanderling was born in arys orzysz, east prussia, to jewish parents on september 19th, 1912. His 1960 recording with the dresden staatskapelle of borodins symphony no. It aint karajan, it aint bernstein, its mahler symphony number 9, every last syllable accounted for. The objective was higher legibility on a computer monitor. In memoriam of kurt sanderling 1912 2011 eac, ape, cue, log, scans. All this talk about the mahler 9th is timely as im just now discovering the mahler symphonies. The later one from 1991 with the philharmonia orchestra is sometimes considered rather drab. Shortly afterwards the soviets started to crack down on mahler and most other modern western music. The playing is generally superb, and my only real reservation is that the recording is cramped and, at the end of the symphony, inclined to shriek. Berlin philharmonic octet, royal concertgebouw orchestra, bernard haitink, london symphony orchestra, sir charles mackerras, new philharmonia orchestra, wilfried boettcher, staatskapelle dresden, kurt sanderling. Sanderling was the last of a generation of conductors displaced by hitler an exodus that included otto klemperer, josef krips, sir george solti, erich leinsdorf, bruno walter, who all went west. Sanderling is a first rate mahler conductor, at least in so far we focus on late works.
Kurt sanderling, cbe 19 september 1912 18 september 2011 was a german conductor sanderling was born in arys, kingdom of prussia, german empire now orzysz, poland, to jewish parents. The complete beethoven symphonies box set kurt sanderling on allmusic. I found it memorable, as i did too the splendid crack of the timps and the. Kurt sanderling recorded the mahler ninth three times. All three can be counted among the greatest mahler ninths. Sanderling s mahler 9, in both recordings, is sparse. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Kurt sanderling made three studio recordings of this symphony. Never mind that klemperer had converted to catholicism and that. We have stunning performances under his baton of the tenth symphony berlin classics, cookes edition. Item in the mahler discography closed in april 2010.
January, 2009 kurt sanderling bruckner symphony no. Sanderling was born in arys, kingdom of prussia, german empire, to jewish parents. From 1942 to 1960 he was joint principal conductor with yevgeny mravinsky of the leningrad philharmonic. Those who have grown up with rattle or kurt sanderling will notice. From the sala santa cecilia, rome gustav mahler jugendorchester claudio abbado symphony no.
His philharmonia studio recording of mahlers ninth erato 1292eenla was a case in pointeesober to a fault. Buy mahler symphony no 9 by bbc philharmonic orchestra, gustav mahler, kurt sanderling from amazons classical music store. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Kurt sanderling seems to make a speciality out of late mahler. Is there some recording of the mahler 9 that is considered to be the. Beethovens 9th, bruckners 3rd and 9th, mahlers 3rd, etc. In july 1982 kurt sanderling and the bbc philharmonic recorded the ninth for. Marvellous playing by the philharmonia cannot conceal the conductors pokerfaced response to heartrending music. The final page of the last, cataclysmically slow movement of mahlers ninth symphony is one of the most famously deathhaunted places in orchestral music, a moment in. Kurt sanderling s three late mahler recordings represent an outstanding testament to a firstclass artist. Top 10 mahler symphony recordings updated 2019 gramophone. On the podium, he is relaxed and smiling in the schumann symphony, a work he had doubtless conducted countless times in germany itself he does so from memory in the royal albert hall. A typical performance takes about 75 to 90 minutes.