Magdalena Kozená - Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn- (12) Lieder selections / Symphony No.10- Adagio
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Artist: Magdalena KozenáComposer: Gustav Mahler
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-10-05
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Der Schildwache Nachtlied
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Verlorne Müh'
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Trost im Unglück
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Das irdische Leben
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Revelge
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Rheinlegendchen
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Lied des Verfolgten im Turm
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Lob des hohen Verstandes
- Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Der Tamroursg'sell
- Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor (incomplete): Adagio
Music reviews of Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn- (12) Lieder selections / Symphony No.10- Adagio
Music Review: Bravo! (on most accounts)
Rating: 5 Stars
As a capstone to Boulez's surprisingly solid Mahler cycle, this final disc is very well conceived and executed. Here we have some of Mahler's earlier creations - given in their sometimes later orchestrated versions - coupled to his last fully complete utterance: the Adagio from Symphony No. 10. Normally, I'm a fan of conductors giving us the "complete" 10th in one of its numerous "performing versions" (I like the Carpenter version, but am a big fan of the early Ormandy recording of Cooke I as well). But when the Adagio alone is given such a cogent and convincing reading, I'm all ears.
When it came to the 10th, Bernstein spoke of Mahler simply saying "farewell" once again. Thus, he saw it as being almost redundant to "Das Lied von der Erde" and the 9th symphony. Boulez, on the other hand, rightly directs our attention to the future of music, without making the 10th sound too cold or alienated. Frankly, I've been listening to his M10 Adagio over and over - it's that good! Obviously, much of the credit has to go to the excellent playing of the Cleveland Orchestra, captured "live" in the generally fine acoustics of Severance Hall. The same excellence of playing and "live" sonics applies to the "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" as well.
This is a magnificent work - one that is so central to our full understanding of Mahler's first five symphonies. Heck, Klaus Tennstedt even referred to the 8th as being a throw-back to Wunderhorn stylings (this is especially true of Part II). Mahler's orchestrations to these songs are prime examples of orchestral tone painting at its very best. Again, the Clevelanders do themselves proud, displaying exquisite balances across the various sections of the orchestra. For the most part, Magdalena Kozena and Christian Gerhaher do a fine job.
Kozena isn't the most gorgeous voice among the many sopranos to have cropped up in recent recent years. But her expressive powers more than compensate for any lack of sheer beauty. Check out her almost tangible sense of anguish in "das irdische Leben", then compare it to her coquettish utterances in the lighter and sometimes "flirty" songs. In short, her expressive range is quite impressive. Gerhaher, on the other hand, can't quite bark and command in the various soldiering songs, the way Thomas Hampson does so well on the otherwise fully mediocre Tilson-Thomas disc. The problem is that MTT doesn't even come halfway in meeting Hampson. Make the comparisons: Boulez and his Clevelanders do a far better job of digging in and marching relentlessly in "Revelge". Admittedly, Boulez begins "Der Tambourgesell" a bit too swiftly to be fully effective with Mahler's persistent dotted-eighth/sixteenth note rhythms (thus, coming dangerously close to being triplet figures), but gains all kinds of expressive brownie points by making a huge contrast at the atmospheric second section: "gute nacht ihr Marlmestein". Here, we have one of Mahler's classic funereal processions, complete with plaintive oboe and acid sounding tam-tam (orchestral gong of no specific pitch). This passage simply couldn't haven been executed better, and it's here that we transition into the thoroughly modern sounding, 12-note melody that introduces the 10th symphony Adagio.
Overall, I like the recent Markus Stenz "DKW" on the Oehms Classics label even better. However, it's also more expensive, and Boulez provides us with his fine M10 Adagio simply by omitting "Urlicht" (the vocal movement to symphony No. 2) and "das himmlische Leben" (the vocal finale to symphony no. 4). In my book, that's a welcome trade-off. So, if you're collecting Boulez's Mahler cycle, be sure not to skip over this release. I'm actually hopeful that Boulez and DG will someday choose to revisit "Das Klagende Lied" as well. I must say, I've been enjoying this disc very much.
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Conductor Pierre Boulez completes his Mahler discography on Deutsche Grammophon with this all-new recording. As part of the celebration of Boulez's 85th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon has recorded, live in concert with The Cleveland Orchestra, a program that brings together songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, featuring mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená and baritone Christian Gerhaher, with the Adagio from Mahler's incomplete Tenth Symphony. Previous installments in this cycle of recordings have received the highest praise, including Grammy awards in 2003 and 1998 for Symphonies nos. 3 and 9 respectively.Christian & Gospel CDs
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