Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor(Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado)

Mahler is the master of symphonies. He completed nine symphonies and left one incomplete - they are all frequently performed.

Abbado, hailed as an interpreter of Mahler, performs this work in an unconventional way. When the symphony was first published, the Scherzo came as the second movement. However, Mahler revised the symphony later and put the Scherzo to be the third movement. Currently, most conductors play the Scherzo as the second movement - as it was first intended. However, Abbado uses Mahler's corrected version here, which helps add contrast between the first movement.

NAVIGATION -
MVMT 1: 00:05
MVMT 2: 22:52
MVMT 3: 36:49
MVMT 4: 49:31

[nerowolfe]

Man and boy, off and on, I've listened to this symphony for 45 years. It has always been my go-to in times of anger, frustration, depression and sorrow beyond words. In this reading by Abbado, I have heard terrible beauties and beautiful terrors that I have never heard before. His position in the front rank of Mahler interpretation is unquestionable.

[colinpowell]

The Andante is one of if not the most beautiful things he has written.

[jeffreykalb]

I can't understand how the second movement is so under appreciated. Hope, love, despair, exuberance, calm, nature, contemplation, pain, nagging fear, nobility, exhilaration, tragedy... and almost always more than one at a time.

[Jacob-duif]

34:37 - one of the beautiful moments in all of music imo

[Trombosilbo]

I love Mahler symphonies, what else can i say

[erikfurudi]

Discovered it recently it's getting more and more enjoyable each time !

Didn't knew much about Mahler except his wikipedia page I regret not giving him a try beforr

[marcogarlato]

Come fatto giustamente notare anche in altri commenti, l'interpretazione del Maestro Abbado, in tutta la sua appassionata partecipazione, evidenzia meravigliosamente i molti aspetti di questa musica sublime - a differenza di altre pur notevolissime incisioni. Grazie

[sid]

I will eternally wrestle with the question of arranging the Scherzo and Andante... There just isn't a right answer!

[texwiller]

Mahler is significant because he prepared the way to Shostakovich. A lot of composers adapted Wagner "sound" (Sibelius, Bruckner) but Shostakovich adapted Mahler.

[JoseMedina-svuy]

Muchas Gracias por compartir esta obra maestra.

[Balfour.]

My all-time favourite 6th recording. 2004 live performance edited and enhanced in studio. I have the original audio feed - at 16:11 first trumpet made an awful mistake and here it's corrected.

[jorgeledesma]

La sexta sinfonía de Mahler es la única de su ciclo que termina con un tono trágico. Fue estrenada el 27 de mayo de 1906 en Essen, Alemania.

[klop]

I don't have time to give this a full listen, but I think this is almost the only performance I've found of the scherzo that doesn't bore me eventually. It's such an apparently haphazard piece of music that it needs a master's touch to make it sound like a single journey, but, at least on this listen, I think Abbado pulled it off. Gotta give it another try as part of the whole symphony next.

[alejandroestrada]

Abbado and Mahler it is a perfect combination

[Hanfgurkenhasser]

Easily my favorite recording of Mahler 6th. The sound of the hammer is just...perfect. Just like I envisioned it.

[jorgeledesma]

La 6@ sinfonía en la menor de Mahler interpretada magistralmente por la BPO y bajo la batuta del sucesor de Karajan, el gran director milanés Abbado.

[gwenaelherve]

Enregistrement public - 2004 - Philharmonie de Berlin

[gwenaelherve]

Quelle dynamique sonore !!! (La dynamique sonore d'un signal sonore ou d'une musique est le rapport entre sa sonie (volume perçu) maximale et sa sonie minimale.)

[TheNOODLER]

1:19:00 The only jumpscare in music as I've ever heard before.

[movinitlikedat]

I was brought here by "The Hunt"