Mahler: Symphony No. 9

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A deeply felt account of the Adagio Finale with sensitive orchestral playing. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th May 2017
Catalogue No: PH17007
Label: Profil Medien
Length: 79 minutes

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Mahler: Symphony No. 9

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NDR Sinfonieorchester
Kurt Sanderling

I. Andante comodo

Track length25:39

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II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb

Track length16:45

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III. Rondo-Burleske. Allegro assai

Track length12:19

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$3.85

IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend

Track length24:53

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The Ninth is an unusual symphony. The scheme of two slow outer movements and two fast ones in the middle is not in accordance with tradition. The keys of the four movements - D major, C major, A minor, D flat major - are at best vaguely related; nor did Mahler specify the key of the Ninth Symphony. The free, open form of the individual movements with their broadly arching structures is also confusing. Adorno once remarked that one must listen to this symphony "from the bottom to the top", ignoring formal expectations and concentrating on the individual motifs which develop, "as with a narrative when one does not know how it ends." Certain commentators have seen a novel-like structure in Mahler's symphonies, and a narrative model must be applied to the Ninth in particular - one that ends openly and uncertainly instead of affirmatively in a recapitulation

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August 2017

A deeply felt account of the Adagio Finale with sensitive orchestral playing.

10th July 2017

The essence of Sanderling’s approach is one of noble restraint gradually released. There is no one way to play this marvellous music and Sanderling’s way with it is indubitably both valid and effective; in this regard, he perhaps most resembles Giulini in the integrity and dedication of his conducting.

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

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