Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1895 orchestration by Gustav Mahler
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Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1895 orchestration by Gustav Mahler
Leah Anne Myers, soprano
llene Sameth, mezzo-soprano
James Clark, tenor
Richard Conant, bass-baritone
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Janacek Opera Choir
Peter Tiboris, conductor
BRIDGE 9033
Cover painting by P. Craig Russell |
| Mahler’s grand expansion of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony employs an extra
4 horns and an extra set of Timpani, revoicing many passages of the venerable
masterpiece. Mahler adds occasional counter-melodies and thickens the scoring in
order to create his own heightened dynamic scale. Of his own performances of
this re-scoring, Mahler wrote: "Far from following any arbitrary purpose or
course, but also without allowing himself to be led astray by tradition, (this
conductor) was constantly and solely concerned with carrying out Beethoven’s
wishes in their minutest detail, and ensuring that nothing the master intended
should be sacrificed or drowned out amid the general confusion of sound." |