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Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Leonard Bernstein

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Mahler’s Fifth was one of the pieces Leonard Bernstein owned. This interpretation is broader than the one he recorded with the New York Philharmonic in the early 1960s, but it’s little changed in feeling. It is, however, far more polished and a good deal more persuasive. The recording, like all of Bernstein’s later Mahler cycle, was made live; here, he and the Vienna Philharmonic give a gripping performance full of telling nuance, intensely expressive yet thoroughly controlled. It’s a reading both Dionysiac and “Bachic” — as in J. S. Bach, not Bacchus — one in which the impetuous energy of the score is transmitted to the fullest degree, but not at the expense of the extraordinary (for Mahler) contrapuntal detail.

Most remarkable of all, perhaps, is Bernstein’s sureness of touch, his ability to realize the many little expressive gestures that no longer merely draw attention to themselves the way they used to, but add up to something miraculous. The Philharmonic players, with him all the way, contribute many wonderful touches, especially the strings. The recording, made not in Vienna but in Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, is solid and has remarkable impact.

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Side 1
1. Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt

Side 2
2. Sturmisch bewegt, mit grosster Vehemenz

side 3
3. Scherzo. Kraftig, nicht zu schnell

Side 4
4. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
5. Rondo-Finale. Allegro - Allgro giocoso. Frisch

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