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Recordings of Mahler Symphony No. 4
Recordings of Mahler Symphony No. 4 by Stan Ruttenberg, President, Colorado MahlerFest SUMMARY After listening to each recording once or twice to get the general feel, on bike rides, car trips, while on the Internet etc, I then listened more carefully, with good headphones, following the score. They are listed in the survey in about the order in which I listened, and found to my delight, and disgust, that as I went on I noticed more and more details to which attention should be paid. Lack of time and adequate gray matter prevented me from going back and re-listening all over again, except for the Mengelberg and Horenstein recordings, and I did find a few points to change or add. I found that JH is the ONLY conductor to have the piccolos play out adequately in the second movement, and Claudio Abbado with the Vienna PO is the only conductor who insisted on the two horn portamenti in the third movement.. Stan's prime picks: Horenstein, Levine, Reiner, Szell, Skrowaczewski, von Karajan, Abravanel, in that order, but the rankings are very close. Also very good are Welser- Most, and Klemperer with Radio Orchestra Berlin, and Berttini at Cologne. Not one conductor met all my tests of faithfulness to the score in all the too many felicities therein, but these did the best and at the same time produced a fine overall performance. Mengelberg, in a class by himself, should be heard for reference. Stan's soloist picks: Max Cencic (boy soprano with Nanut), in a class by himself. Then come, not in order, Davrath (Abravanel), Mathes (von Karajan), Trötschel (Klemperer BRSO), Raskin (Szell), Blegen (Levine), Della Casa (Reiner), Irmgard Seefried (Walter), Jo Vincent (Mengelberg), Ameling (Haitink RCOA), Ruth Zeisek (Gatti), Margaret Price with Horenstein, and Kiri Te Kanawa (Solti), Szell (Rattle broadcast), and Battle (Maazel). -
WILLEM Mengelgerg VERENIGING MEDEDELINGENBLAD Nr
WILLEM MENGELgERG VERENIGING MEDEDELINGENBLAD nr . l0 O:<TOBER 1989 De kascommissie 1988: D. Blokbei"gen en J . Veurman met uw pei1ningmeester C. Baurichter- Jonkers BEZOEK AAN WILLEM NOSKE ======================= Kort na de interessante bijeenkomst van onze leden ten huize van Willem Noske in Den Haag op 10 december 1988, werd onze toenmalige gastheer ernstig ziek. Na een· verblijf van ongeveer 4 maanden in het ziekenhuis is hij gelukkig weer thuis. Hoewel zijn gezondheid helaas niet meer de oude is, heeft hij zich weer met grote energie op zijn werk gestort: een alomvattend onderzoek van het muziekleven in Nederland van vroeger tijden tot nu. Ondanks zijn drukke werkzaamheden, heeft de heer Noske op 3 augustus 1989 een kleine afvaardiging van het bestuur van onze vereniging willen ontvangen, bestaande uit A. van Kapel en ondergetekende. Het bezoek had ten doel, om namens onze Vereniging van onze belangstelling voor zijn gezondheid te doen blijken en hem onze beste wensen voor de toekomst over te brengen, onder aanbieding van een fleurige bloemenhulde. De heer Noske toonde zich verrast door deze attentie en ontving ons aller vriendelijkst. Wij kunnen U verzekeren dat hij er uitstekend uitziet. Er ontspon zich onmiddellijk een levendig gesprek, waarin onze gastheer ons op boeiende wijze deelgenoot maakte van allerlei feiten en gebeurlijkheden, die bij zijn onderzoekingen aan het licht zijn gekomen en die tot dusverre onbekend zijn gebleven. Ook is hem gebleken, dat zich op vele gebieden in de loop der jaren vele misvattingen hebben gevormd, die een vertekend beeld van de historie geven en die in de literatuur een hardnekkig leven lijden doordat zij van generatie op generatie zonder verder onderzoek zijn overgenomen. -
A Collection of Stan Ruttenberg's Reviews of Mahler Recordings From
A collection of Stan Ruttenberg’s Reviews of Mahler Recordings from the Archives Of the Colorado MahlerFest (Symphonies 3 through 7 and Kindertotenlieder) Colorado MahlerFest XIII Recordings of the Mahler Third Symphony Of the fifty recordings listed in Peter Fülöp’s monumental discography (up to 1955, and many more have been added since then), I review here fifteen at my disposal, leaving out two by Boulez and one by Scherchen as not as worthy as the others. All of these fifteen are recommendable, all with fine points, all with some or more weaknesses. I cannot rank them in any numerical order, but I can say that there are four which I would rather hear more than the others — my desert island choices. I am glad to have the others for their own particular merits. Getting ready for MFest XIII we discovered that the matter of score versions and parts is complex. I use the Dover score, no date but attributed to Universal Edition; my guess this is an early version. The Kalmus edition is copied from who knows which published version. Then there is the “Critical Edition,” prepared by the Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna. I can find two major discrepancies between the Dover/Universal and the Critical (I) the lack of horns at RN25-5, doubling the string riff and (ii) only two harp glissandi at the middle of RN28, whereas the Critical has three. Our first horn found another. Both the Dover and Critical have the horn doublings, written ff at RN 67, but only a few conductors observe them. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 118, 1998-1999
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA S E I J I OZAWA TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON 1 1 8th Season • 1 998-99 Bring your Steinway: With floor plans from acre gated community atop 2,100 to 5,000 square feet, prestigious Fisher Hill you can bring your Concert Jointly marketed by Sotheby's Grand to Longyear. International Realty and You'll be enjoying full-service, Hammond Residential Real Estate. single-floor condominium living at Priced from $1,100,000. its absolutefinest, all harmoniously Call Hammond Real Estate at located on an extraordinary eight- (617) 731-4644, ext. 410. LONGYEAR a/ Eisner Jiill BROOKLINE :2&^ ** ""'M ^^^^^^S^&^M^4l nn CORTLAND Hammond SOTHEBYS liltiVJ m 31 ZM 1 1 MlI^LW -^u. RFtlDENTIAK. International Realty f f a i. r s r \ i y. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Bernard Haitink, Principal Guest Conductor One Hundred and Eighteenth Season, 1998-99 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. R. Willis Leith, Jr., Chairman Nicholas T. Zervas, President Peter A. Brooke, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Harvey Chet Krentzman, Vice-Chairman Ray Stata, Vice-Chairman Harlan E. Anderson Deborah B. Davis Edna S. Kalman Vincent M. O'Reilly Gabriella Beranek Nina L. Doggett George Krupp Peter C. Read James F. Cleary Nancy J. Fitzpatrick Mrs. August R. Meyer Hannah H. Schneider John F. Cogan, Jr. Charles K. Gifford, Richard P. Morse Thomas G. Sternberg Julian Cohen ex-officio Mrs. Robert B. Stephen R. Weiner William F. Connell Avram J. Goldberg Newman Margaret Williams- William M. Crozier, Jr. Thelma E. -
Decca Discography
DECCA DISCOGRAPHY >>H HOLLAND Decca first recorded the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra during a visit to London in March 1946 (AR10127-33) and the same matrix series was used for the first recordings made in the orchestra’s own hall. From 1947 a distinctive matrix series was used and Decca allotted many of its most important symphonic sessions to the orchestra, either under van Beinum or distinguished guests, until 1953 when it switched to the Philips label. It stayed there under Haitink until 1980, reappearing on Decca with Ashkenazy and recovering its former importance to the label whilst Chailly was in charge (1988-2004). Since then under Jansons the Concertgebouw has followed the LSO in creating its own record label. There were also a few sessions with the radio orchestra in Hilversum in 1970-74. >RVH VENUES Twelve different venues were used, but only one reached double figures, whilst five were only visited once. BEURS VAN BERLAGE, AMSTERDAM (1988) was originally a stock exchange (1903). The 600 seat concert hall, initially known as the WANG ZAAL and chosen for a piano recording in 1991, had been re-named the YAKULT ZAAL by the time of its next chamber ensemble recording in 2004. CONCERTGEBOUW, AMSTERDAM (1888) contains both the 2000 seat GROTEZAAL, where the resident orchestra was recorded from 1946-2004, and the 400 seat KLEINEZAAL, used occasionally from 1983-98. [107+6 entries] HET MUZIEKTHEATER, AMSTERDAM (1986), a 1600 seat house, staged a production by the resident Netherlands Opera that was televised in 1998. WAALSEKERK, AMSTERDAM (1409) is noted for its acoustics and was favoured from 1988-93 for three Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra recordings. -
The Recorded Heritage of Willem Mengelberg and Its Aesthetic Relevance
Copyright 2014 Samir Ghiocel Golescu THE RECORDED HERITAGE OF WILLEM MENGELBERG AND ITS AESTHETIC RELEVANCE BY SAMIR GHIOCEL GOLESCU DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Music with a concentration in Performance and Literature in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014 Urbana, Illinois Doctoral Committee: Professor William Kinderman, Chair Professor Ian Hobson Associate Professor Sherban Lupu Assistant Professor Katherine Syer ABSTRACT This dissertation explores the art and interpretative aesthetics of the Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951), as preserved in his sound recordings and, subsidiarily, in his writings. Emphasis is given to issues pertaining to 19th century performance practice, as well as to historical connections between Mengelberg and compositional/interpretative trends in Europe at the time. Mengelberg’s impact on musical life in Amsterdam, New York, and beyond will be considered. The relevance of Mengelberg’s recordings is assessed from both a documentary and aesthetic point of view. The quasi-entirety of Mengelberg’s rich body of recordings has been consulted, yet a few dozens of them have been chosen for an in-depth study meant to illuminate both their historical context and their contemporary relevance. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It is with gratitude that I acknowledge the help and support of the committee members, particularly long-time University of Illinois mentors Ian Hobson and William Kinderman, as well as previous mentors and close musical friends such as Florica Nitzulescu, Ioan Welt, Elena Andriescu, Isabelle Belance-Zank, Hubert Wendel, and Sergei Pavlov. I am indebted to Ingrid Ilinca for her help and support. -
Week 9 Grieg Mahler
bso andris nelsons music director week 9 grieg mahler seiji ozawa music director laureate bernard haitink conductor emeritus thomas adès artistic partner season sponsors Better Health, Brighter Future There is more that we can do to help improve people’s lives. Driven by passion to realize this goal, Takeda has been providing society with innovative medicines since our foundation in 1781. Today, we tackle diverse healthcare issues around the world, from prevention to life-long support and our ambition remains the same: to find new solutions that make a positive difference, and deliver better medicines that help as many people as we can, as soon as we can. With our breadth of expertise and our collective wisdom and experience, Takeda will always be committed to improving the future of healthcare. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited www.takeda.com Table of Contents | Week 9 7 bso news 13 on display in symphony hall 16 bso music director andris nelsons 18 the boston symphony orchestra 21 remembering major henry lee higginson by brian bell 3 0 this week’s program Notes on the Program 32 The Program in Brief… 33 Edvard Grieg 41 Gustav Mahler 55 To Read and Hear More… Guest Artists 61 Leif Ove Andsnes 63 Genia Kühmeier 68 sponsors and donors 78 future programs 82 symphony hall exit plan 8 3 symphony hall information the friday preview on november 15 is given by bso director of program publications marc mandel. program copyright ©2019 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. program book design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photo by Marco Borggreve cover design by BSO Marketing BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115-4511 (617) 266-1492 bso.org MIGHT AND MAJESTY ON THE NILE THROUGH JANUARY 20 Winged Isis pectoral, Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Amaninatakelebte, 538–519 BCE. -
MENGELBERG ENI ZIJ Nl TIJD
MENGELBERG ENI ZIJ Nl TIJD 1 De vriendschap met de familie Boissevain 20 Richard Hol: meer dan kiel met blauwe ruit Eo 40-jarig Jubileum prof.dr. W. Mengelberg in 1935 EEN UITGAVE VAN DE WILLEM MENGELBERG VERENIGING 18E JAARGANG NUMMER 75 DECEMBER 2005 Inhoud 4 Bestuurlijk nieuws 5 Een bijzondere advertentie 6 Anekdotes naast de introductie van een nieuwe auto 10 De speurtocht naar Johan Ligtelijn 14 Het imponerend musiceren van Max Reger in het Concertgebouw 18 Was Mengelberg apolitiek? 20 Leerzame middag 'dirigentje & orkestje-raden' 22 Over de vriendschap tussen Mengelberg en de familie Boissevain 26 De verleiding van het witte doek 28 1935: prof.dr. Willem Mengelberg jubileert! 34 Jo Vincent Kwartet in de schijnwerpers 38 Richard Hol biedt meer dan 'kiel met blauwe ruit' Winternummer MezT 2005 'N WEEKJE CHASA KOMENDE ZOMER .•• Het was de wil van Willem Mengelberg geen — of te weinig — bezoekers komen, kan zijn Zwitserse buiten, de Chasa, te bewaren namelijk niet gesproken worden van een Musiker aller Welt'. Onder de bezielde gezonde exploitatie waarbij de balans een leiding van aanvankelijk 'tante' Elly Bysterus ongezond beeld gaat vertonen: veel kosten en Heemskerk en later gedurende vele jaren amper inkomsten. Adriaan van Woudenberg (nee, Adriaan kreeg Het valt daarom toe te juichen dat een niet het predikaat 'oom' ...), konden velen hernieuwde poging ondernomen is om het ervaren welke haast magische werking van Chasa-vuur weer aan te wakkeren en deze verscholen plek in de Alpen uitging. Niet Mengelbergianen 'aller Welt' op te roepen deze alleen uitvoerende musici waren het, maar ook zomer voor een weekje Unterengadin-waarts te muziekminnende Mengelberg-bewonderaars, reizen. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 102, 1982-1983
OSTON sOYMPHONY O:ORCHESTRA 102nd Season 19*2-83 For BestAudience u^-o &++ FIN* T.H E 'F I R S T NAME IN COGNAC SINCE 1724 XC.I.U Sj.VtLY f)N£ CHAMPAGNf COGNAC fROM THf£ TWO BtST DISTRICTS Of THE COGNAC RtGiON : :V |:>. .; Sole U.S.A. Distributor Foreign Vintages, Inc. N.Y., N.Y. 80 Proof. .'• Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Sir Colin Davis, Principal Guest Conductor Joseph Silverstein, Assistant Conductor One Hundred and Second Season, 1982-83 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Abram T. Collier, Chairman Nelson J. Darling, Jr., President Leo L. Beranek, Vice-President George H. Kidder, Vice-President Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, Vice-President Sidney Stoneman, Vice-President Roderick M. MacDougall, Treasurer John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Vernon R. Alden Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick William J. Poorvu J. P. Barger Mrs. John L. Grandin Irving W. Rabb Mrs. John M. Bradley David G. Mugar Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Albert L. Nickerson Mrs. George Lee Sargent George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Thomas D. Perry, Jr. William A. Selke Archie C. Epps III John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Talcott M. Banks, Chairman of the Board Emeritus Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. James H. Perkins Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Paul C. Reardon Richard P Chapman Edward G. Murray John L. Thorndike John T. Noonan Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Thomas W Morris General Manager William Bernell Edward R. Birdwell Daniel R. Gustin Artistic Administrator Orchestra Manager Assistant Manager Caroline Smedvig Walter D. Hill B.J. -
110880-82 Bk St Matt 19/02/2004 11:12Am Page 8
110880-82 bk St Matt 19/02/2004 11:12am Page 8 136 ( Air from Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. Mahler) 3:38 ADD Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York Recorded 16th January, 1929 in Carnegie Hall, New York Great Conductors • Mengelberg 8.110880-82 Matrix: CVE-48914-3; First issued on Victor 7484 ) Air from Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. Telico) 4:23 Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam 3 CDs Recorded 1st December, 1938 in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Matrix: 022665-1; First issued on Telefunken SK 2402 BACH Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV 1010 14:53 ¡ Vivace 3:29 ™ Largo ma non tanto 6:56 £ Allegro 4:29 St Matthew Passion Louis Zimmerman (Violin I) and Ferdinand Helman (Violin II) Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Recorded 24th June, 1935 in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Matrices: AMA-170-1, 171-1, 172-2 and 173-1; First issued as Decca K-20043 and 20044 Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn Producer’s Note Karl Erb • Willem Ravelli Mengelberg’s live recording of the St Matthew Passion was originally made by the Dutch Radio Broadcasting Union Jo Vincent • Ilona Durigo using the Philips Miller sound recording system. This technology employed a black-coated celluloid film onto which the recording was etched using a sapphire chisel-type stylus and read back via an optical photocell (not unlike the method Louis van Tulder • Herman Schey used by film soundtracks). This system allowed for longer takes and a wider frequency range than commercial 78 rpm discs of the period. -
Week 25 2016–17 Season Shostakovich Rachmaninoff Mahler
2016–17 season andris nelsons music director week 25 shostakovich rachmaninoff mahler season sponsors seiji ozawa music director laureate bernard haitink conductor emeritus lead sponsor supporting sponsor thomas adès artistic partner INSPIRATION IS EVERYWHERE MEMBERS SEE IT FREE Through July 9 mfa.org/matisse The exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Royal Academy of Arts, in partnership with the Musée Matisse, Nice. Sponsored by Bank of America. Presented with additional support from the Betty L. Heath Paintings Fund for the Art of Europe, and the Alexander M. Levine and Dr. Rosemarie D. Bria-Levine Exhibition Fund. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Media sponsor is WCVB Boston. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Henri Matisse, Interior with Egyptian Curtain, 1948. Oil on canvas. The Phillips Collection, Acquired 1950. © 2017 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Table of Contents | Week 25 7 bso news 1 5 on display in symphony hall 16 bso music director andris nelsons 18 the boston symphony orchestra 21 when the shadow fell: shostakovich’s re-inventive art by thomas may 3 0 this week’s program Notes on the Program 32 The Program in Brief… 33 Dmitri Shostakovich 41 Sergei Rachmaninoff 49 Gustav Mahler 63 To Read and Hear More… Guest Artists 69 Leif Ove Andsnes 71 Kristine Opolais 75 2016-2017 season summary 88 sponsors and donors 106 symphony hall exit plan 107 symphony hall information the friday preview on may 5 is given by bso director of program publications marc mandel. -
Sunday 16 September 2018
Sunday 16 September 2018 LSO SEASON CONCERT NEW MUSIC BRITAIN Harrison Birtwistle Donum Simoni MMXVIII * Broadcast live to mainland Europe, Canada (world premiere) and Asia on Mezzo Holst Egdon Heath Mark-Anthony Turnage Dispelling the Fears † Interval Recorded for broadcast on 17 September by BBC Radio 3 Britten Spring Symphony Sir Simon Rattle conductor NEW Philip Cobb trumpet † From 6.30pm Gábor Tarkövi trumpet † Free Pre-Concert Performance, Foyers Elizabeth Watts soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Britten Fanfare for St Edmundsbury Allan Clayton tenor London Symphony Chorus Brass Musicians from the Guildhall School Simon Halsey chorus director MUSIC Tiffin Boys’ Choir Tiffin Children’s Chorus The Tiffin Girls’ School Choir James Day Tiffin choirs director * Commissioned for Sir Simon Rattle by the BRITAIN Barbican Centre and the LSO Concert ends approx 9.10pm 26 Harrison Birtwistle Donum Simoni MMXVIII (world premiere) 2018 / note & profile by Paul Griffiths imon Rattle’s engagement with the Ostinato – outburst – descent: the pattern music of Harrison Birtwistle goes is replayed in different ways, until the music back at least as far as 1976, when he briefly discovers calm, with the tuba again a conducted a Birtwistle piece, Meridian, at his key player. Force then comes on again – but first appearance at the BBC Proms. Other great to prevail? • moments have included a performance of The Triumph of Time with the City of Birmingham Commissioned for Sir Simon Rattle by Symphony Orchestra at the Salzburg Festival the Barbican Centre and LSO a decade or so later. And then, just a year ago, here at the Barbican, Rattle made sure Birtwistle was present again – a solid- shining account of the Violin Concerto with Christian Tetzlaff as soloist – for his defining first concert as the LSO’s Music Director.