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. In memoriam of kurt sanderling 1912 2011 eac, ape, cue, log, scans. 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. 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. Cooke also called the ninth symphony mahlers dark night of the soul a perfect. All three can be counted among the greatest mahler ninths.
Kurt sanderling s three late mahler recordings represent an outstanding testament to a firstclass artist. Sanderling was born in arys, kingdom of prussia, german empire, to jewish parents. Concert kurt sanderling conducts schumann and mahler. The best recordings of shostakovichs symphony no 10 gramophone. January, 2009 kurt sanderling bruckner symphony no. From the sala santa cecilia, rome gustav mahler jugendorchester claudio abbado symphony no. October 1942 in nowosibirsk, son of conductor kurt sanderling, brother of stefan sanderling, also conductor, and michael sanderling, cellist. After early work at the deutsche oper berlin, he left for russia in 1936, where he worked with the moscow radio symphony orchestra. Bbc radio classics, broadcast performance from manchester, july 17, 1982. From 1942 to 1960 he was joint principal conductor with yevgeny mravinsky of the leningrad philharmonic. 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. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
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. The complete beethoven symphonies box set kurt sanderling on allmusic. Mstislav rostropovich, a sceptic, and kurt sanderling, a believer, are both a little limp. Kurt sanderling was born in arys orzysz, east prussia, to jewish parents on september 19th, 1912. 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. Top 10 mahler symphony recordings updated 2019 gramophone. Kurt sanderling seems to make a speciality out of late mahler. What can we glean from watching sanderling at the bbc proms in london in 1988.
Kurt sanderling made three studio recordings of this symphony. His 1960 recording with the dresden staatskapelle of borodins symphony no. Hopkins heart is stirred by the extravagant love gift of a single bird. We have stunning performances under his baton of the tenth symphony berlin classics, cookes edition. The objective was higher legibility on a computer monitor. Buy mahler symphony no 9 by bbc philharmonic orchestra, gustav mahler, kurt sanderling from amazons classical music store. Gustav mahler said, my symphonies represent the contents of my entire life. Ph17007 by ndr sinfonieorchester, gustav mahler, kurt sanderling from amazons classical music store. Is there some recording of the mahler 9 that is considered to be the. Walter conducted the first performance with the vienna philharmonic on june 26, 1912.
Shortly afterwards the soviets started to crack down on mahler and most other modern western music. Its slower than the two bbc versions, and if pressed i would nominate it as his best. A typical performance takes about 75 to 90 minutes. Throughout his career, kurt sanderling made bruckners symphony no. It aint karajan, it aint bernstein, its mahler symphony number 9, every last syllable accounted for. Hie performed it numberous times and recorded it more than once. The final page of the last, cataclysmically slow movement of mahlers ninth symphony is one of the most famously deathhaunted places in. Gustav mahler born july 7, 1860, kalischt, bohemia. Beethovens 9th, bruckners 3rd and 9th, mahlers 3rd, etc. His philharmonia studio recording of mahlers ninth erato 1292eenla was a case in pointeesober to a fault. All this talk about the mahler 9th is timely as im just now discovering the mahler symphonies. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from kurt sanderling at the discogs marketplace.
Those who have grown up with rattle or kurt sanderling will notice. Oct 10, 2011 in memoriam of kurt sanderling 1912 2011 eac, ape, cue, log, scans. Never mind that klemperer had converted to catholicism and that. Abbados live performance of mahler 9 is a haunted, desperate thing which. 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. Marvellous playing by the philharmonia cannot conceal the conductors pokerfaced response to heartrending music. 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. Berlin philharmonic octet, royal concertgebouw orchestra, bernard haitink, london symphony orchestra, sir charles mackerras, new philharmonia orchestra, wilfried boettcher, staatskapelle dresden, kurt sanderling. The later one from 1991 with the philharmonia orchestra is sometimes considered rather drab. I found it memorable, as i did too the splendid crack of the timps and the.
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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. 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. Kurt sanderling edition by bruckner, anton, beethoven, ludwig van on cd. Sanderling s mahler 9, in both recordings, is sparse. In july 1982 kurt sanderling and the bbc philharmonic recorded the ninth for. The picture of east german conductor kurt sanderling revealed in this 16disc collection is that of a superlative, if inconsistent, conductor. Mahler symphony no 9 in d major sanderling youtube. 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. Sanderling is a first rate mahler conductor, at least in so far we focus on late works.
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