Curved Air presents:
Music from César Franck, Gustav Mahler, Gavin Bryars, Camille Saint-Saëns, Anton Bruckner
What was James Levine good at, you might ask? Opera, and Mahler. Goodbye, James. Let’s listen to some funeral music from Mahler, conducted by Levine.
We open tonight with a rare organ piece. I wish I knew more organ music but most of it is from the Baroque period and I just don’t know much about that.
Tonight is a sort of grab bag from different eras and different temperaments. I wonder what Mahler would think of Bryars? Or Bruckner of Mahler?
Our finale is Mahler’s finale to his glorious Ninth Symphony, conducted by the late James Levine. Seek out the entire symphony some time…
Show Archive
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Michael Farris, “Franck - 3 Pieces for Organ: No. 1. Fantaisie In a Major, M. 35”
from Organ Recital - French Fireworks
Delos - 1988
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James Levine & The Philadelphia Orchestra, “Symphony No. 1, III. Feierlich und gemessen”
from James Levine Conducts Mahler
Sony - 2010
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Gavin Bryars, Owen Underhill & CBC Radio Orchestra, “By the Vaar”
from Bryars: I Have Heard It Said That a Spirit Enters...
CBC - 2000
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Aldo Ciccolini, “Piano Concerto No. 3, I. Moderato assai”
from Saint-Saëns: Les Concertos
EMI Classics - 2011
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Berlin Philharmonic & Lorin Maazel, “Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 Nowak ed): III. Adagio (Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend)”
from Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Warner Classics - 2000
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James Levine & The Philadelphia Orchestra, “Symphony No. 9, IV. Adagio”
from James Levine Conducts Mahler
Sony - 2010
DJbob Curved Air March 22nd, 2021
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