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Mahler Survey

For Classical WETA's Mahler Month in 2009, I helped put together three complete Mahler cycles to be aired and accompanied it with a series of articles on Mahler's Symphonies (and favorite recordings) on the WETA website. This brings the entire survey (in the process of being migrated to ionarts) together in one place and condenses the list to my top-two choices of each symphony and my top-choice SACD recording. Each title-graphic features "Mahler" written in a font roughly of Mahler's time. The posts are irregularly but continuously updated. Wherever the title-graphic is properly displayed, the essays have been restored. [Edit 01/18: All the symphony essays have been restored; all that's missing now is the second part of the introduction.]



Gustav_Mahler_Introduction
Gustav Mahler – Introduction (Part 2)
[Part 1 here]
The font used in the title is “Samba Expert”


Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.1 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “ITC Stoclet Light”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.1 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “Arnold Boecklin Regular”
available at Arkiv
Mahler, Symphony No.1,
Kubelik / BRSO
Audite

available at ArkivMusic
Mahler, Symphony No.1,
Suitner / Dr.St.Kp.
Berlin Classics

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.1,
Haitink / CSO
CSO Resound SACD



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.2 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “Galadriel Regular”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.2 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “Serlio Regular”
available at ArkivMusic
Mahler, Symphony No.2,
Boulez / WPh
DG

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.2,
Mehta / WPh
Decca

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.2,
Fischer /BFO
Channel Classics SACD



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.3 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “Windsor Light”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.3 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “Hobo Medium”
available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.3,
Abbado / BPh
DG

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.3,
Boulez / WPh
DG

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.3,
MTT / SFSO
SFSMedia



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.4 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “Windsor Elongated”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.4 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “ITC Souvenir Light”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.4 (Part 3)
The font used in the title is “Eckmann Regular”
available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.4,
Haitink / RCO
RCO Live SACD

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.4,
Inbal / Frankfurt RSO
Denon/Brilliant

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.4,
Kletzki / Philharmonia
EMI



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.5 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “Vienna Extended Regular



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.5 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “Victoria Plain”
available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.5,
Neumann / Leipzig GO
Berlin Classics / Brilliant

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.5,
Chailly / RCO
Decca

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.5,
Stenz / Gürzenich OK
Oehms


Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.6 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “P22 Vienna Regular”


Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.6 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “Bernard Fashion Roman”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.6 (Part 3)
The font used in the title is “Bernard Bold Condensed”
available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.6,
Zander / Philharmonia
Telarc SACD

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.6,
Fischer / BFO
Channel Classics SACD

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.6,
Barbirolli / New Philharmonia
EMI



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.7 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “Brighton Medium
Mahler Survey ionarts
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.7 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “Fashion Engraved”
available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.7,
Abbado / BPh
DG

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.7,
Barenboim / St.Kp.B.
Warner

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.7,
Jansons / BRSO
BR Klassik



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.8 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “ITC Samba Bold”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.8 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “Grafiko Regular”
available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.8,
Ozawa / BSO
Philips/ArkivCD

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.8,
Bernstein / WPh
DG

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.8,
Gergiev / LSO
LSO Live SACD



Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “ITC Rennie Mackintosh Light”

Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “ITC Korinna Regular”
available at Amazon
Mahler, DLvdE,
Bernstein / Fi-Di, King / WPH
Decca

available at Amazon
Mahler, DLvdE,
Haitink / Baker, King / RCO
Philips

available at Amazon
Mahler, DLvdE,
MTT / Hampson, Skelton / SFSO
SFSMedia



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.9 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “ITC Souvenier Greek Demi”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.9 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “ITC Stocklet Bold”
available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.9,
HvK / BPh
DG Gold

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.9,
Ancerl / CzPO
Supraphon

available at Amazon
Mahler, Symphony No.9,
MTT / SFSO
SFSMedia SACD



Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.10 (Part 1)
The font used in the title is “Auriol Roman”

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.10 (Part 2)
The font used in the title is “ITC Franklin Gothic”
available at Amazon
Mahler, Sy. No.10 - Barshai,
Barshai / DtJP
Brilliant

available at Amazon
Mahler, Sy. No.10 - Cooke III,
Gielen / SWRSO
Hänssler

available at Amazon
Mahler, Sy. No.10 - Samale-Mazzucca,
Sieghart / Arnheim PO
Exton SACD


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5 comments:

  1. Wow, I can't believe how different our tastes are! I have hundreds of Mahler CDs and haven't even listened to half of what you list as the best performances. Our only real overlap is the Zander 6th. I will say I just listened to possibly the best 1st I've heard which is the first recorded..Walter with the NBC Symphony orchestra. If you can get passed the boxy sound it's fantastic.

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  2. "Wow, I can't believe how different our tastes are! I have hundreds of Mahler CDs and haven't even listened to half of what you list..."

    ...then how could you possibly know that our tastes are that far apart??? :-)

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  3. ". . . how could you possibly know that our tastes are that far apart???"

    The other half??

    Anyway, I share the other anon's reaction. Great that everyone has their own tastes though!

    You should do an article about what scares you about the Chicago Symphony. Could be interesting.

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  4. What happened to your reviews? The links to WETA no longer work. Can they be found elsewhere?

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  5. Dear commenter from 12 years ago, erhemm... those links have been fixed now. :-)

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