tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640622449598054491.post2684450219178679465..comments2023-03-23T14:22:16.725+00:00Comments on Les Introuvables de Nereffid: Claudio AbbadoNereffidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588306618285400504noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640622449598054491.post-70363885794357537392014-01-24T15:36:06.681+00:002014-01-24T15:36:06.681+00:00Of his Mahler 6 recordings, I was especially fond ...Of his Mahler 6 recordings, I was especially fond of the May 1967 Vienna Symphony performance. Heartbreaking winds in slow movement. May 67 was a magic year. (The liner notes alluded to Abbado's acknowledgement of Bruno Walter, to the extent of studying Walter's recordings.)<br />I think he implemented an approach he was quoted as expressing, to the effect that he polished the sound to the extreme point of being beautiful as opposed to gritty (compare with Perlman's comments in The Art of Violin about "zhit")- it surprises me that an approach I would not advocate works so well in Mahler. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com