Performance edition by Deryck Cooke, transcribed for solo piano by Ronald Stevenson (1st Movement) & Christopher White (2nd-5th movements)
Christopher White (piano)
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This fascinating disc introduces the listener to a completely new experience - that of Mahler’s 10th Symphony, transcribed for solo piano. Whilst not slavishly attempting to reproduce every orchestral sound on the piano, there are quasi-orchestral effects in places, but it should be regarded as a piano piece - or perhaps more appropriately a ‘piano commentary’ on the performing draft of the uncompleted 10th Symphony.
14th March 2010
***
“this version for solo piano is, in a sense, as authoritative as any other presentation; and engrossing it is, played with fervour and intelligence, lent an unmistakable symphonic atmosphere and drama...The whole account bristles with intellectual life.”
25th March 2010
**
“with no orchestral clothing to cushion its dissonances, the music seems more anguished, more modernist, especially in the monumental first movement.”
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