Mahler 7 / Concertgebouw / Chailly (Decca)

[Roland van Gaalen]

This 2CD set (*) feels so new!

(And I still tend to think of Chailly as the new conductor of the
Concertgebouw Orchestra.)

I bought it almost 30 years ago!

Time flies.

The time has come to concede that I like it, without any pedantic
reservations.

This fine symphony is a joy to listen to and Chailly is an excellent
conductor.

I now regret having culled his recordings of Mahler 1 and 5 from my
collection twenty years ago. That was a mistake.
--
Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands

(*)
Mahler: Symphony No.7
Diepenbrock: Im grossen Schweigen
Concertgebouw Orchestra
conductor: Riccardo Chaiily
Decca 444 446-2
recorded 1994, released 1995

[Raymond Hall]

Post by Roland van Gaalen
This 2CD set (*) feels so new!
(And I still tend to think of Chailly as the new conductor of the
Concertgebouw Orchestra.)
I bought it almost 30 years ago!
Time flies.
The time has come to concede that I like it, without any pedantic
reservations.
This fine symphony is a joy to listen to and Chailly is an excellent
conductor.
I now regret having culled his recordings of Mahler 1 and 5 from my
collection twenty years ago. That was a mistake.
--
Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands
(*)
Mahler: Symphony No.7
Diepenbrock: Im grossen Schweigen
Concertgebouw Orchestra
conductor: Riccardo Chaiily
Decca 444 446-2
recorded 1994, released 1995

There is a tendency to think of Chailly as highly proficient, but
without leaving any personal stamp on things. Maybe this is wrong.

The Mahler 7th is maybe my favourite of all his works, except for Das
Lied. It has a cowbell in it, like the 6th.

Ray Hall, Taree

[Paul Goodman]

Post by Raymond Hall

Post by Roland van Gaalen
This 2CD set (*) feels so new!
(And I still tend to think of Chailly as the new conductor of the
Concertgebouw Orchestra.)
I bought it almost 30 years ago!
Time flies.
The time has come to concede that I like it, without any pedantic
reservations.
This fine symphony is a joy to listen to and Chailly is an excellent
conductor.
I now regret having culled his recordings of Mahler 1 and 5 from my
collection twenty years ago. That was a mistake.
--
Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands
(*)
Mahler: Symphony No.7
Diepenbrock: Im grossen Schweigen
Concertgebouw Orchestra
conductor: Riccardo Chaiily
Decca 444 446-2
recorded 1994, released 1995

There is a tendency to think of Chailly as highly proficient, but
without leaving any personal stamp on things. Maybe this is wrong.
The Mahler 7th is maybe my favourite of all his works, except for Das
Lied. It has a cowbell in it, like the 6th.
Ray Hall, Taree

I have his recording of #5 with the same orchestra. I remember really
liking it, but haven't actually listened to it in years. I need to get it
out and give it a listen again.

[Roland van Gaalen]

By the way, I have accumulated quite a few of Mahler 7 recordings:

-Chailly (Concertgebouw)
-Haitink (3 with Concertgebouw, incl 2 live ones; 1 with Berlin Philh)
-Kondrashin (Concertgebouw, live)
-Van Beinum (Concertgebouw, live)
-Klemperer (Philharmonia; the very slow one)
-Abbado (Berlin, live)
-Rosbaud (Südwestfunk, live)

Enough, I trust!

Don't tell me there are other indispensable 'revelatory' recordings.

But if a Mengelberg recording were to be discovered, I would be interested.
--
Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands

[Raymond Hall]

Post by Roland van Gaalen
-Chailly (Concertgebouw)
-Haitink (3 with Concertgebouw, incl 2 live ones; 1 with Berlin Philh)
-Kondrashin (Concertgebouw, live)
-Van Beinum (Concertgebouw, live)
-Klemperer (Philharmonia; the very slow one)
-Abbado (Berlin, live)
-Rosbaud (Südwestfunk, live)
Enough, I trust!
Don't tell me there are other indispensable 'revelatory' recordings.
But if a Mengelberg recording were to be discovered, I would be interested.
--
Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands

Bernstein/NY, Ancerl/Czech, Tennstedt/LPO (live), Kubelik/Bav,
Bertini/Koln, are all in my collection. All are different but Bernstein
is my overall choice for this work. If the 7th symphony is a gross
collection of weird and wonderful things, then Bernstein is the one that
highlights them to the max. The others are great too.

Ray Hall, Taree

[Roland van Gaalen]

By the way, I have accumulated quite a few Mahler 7 recordings:

-Chailly (Concertgebouw)
-Haitink (3 with Concertgebouw, incl 2 live ones; 1 with Berlin Philh)
-Kondrashin (Concertgebouw, live)
-Van Beinum (Concertgebouw, live)
-Klemperer (Philharmonia; the very slow one)
-Abbado (Berlin, live)
-Rosbaud (Südwestfunk, live)

Enough, I trust!

Don't tell me there are other indispensable 'revelatory' recordings.

But if a Mengelberg recording were to be discovered, I would be interested.
--
Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands

[PPeso]

Post by Roland van Gaalen
Enough, I trust!
Don't tell me there are other indispensable 'revelatory' recordings.

Uhmm, can't have enough cowbell. Not sure about indispensable and
`revelatory', but you may want to consider Horenstein 1969 and Maderna
1971 (used to be in a 4 cd collection released as vol 18 of the Arkadia
Maderna edition), terrible sound and sub-par orchestra notwithstanding.
Can't have enough Maderna. Nor Horenstein, either.