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Quibble with Mahler/Barshai review Posted by Eric on April 4, 2008, 9:03 pm 67.97.244.18 http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Mar04/Mahler105Barshai.htm I love your reviews in general, and the Mahler 10/Barshai in particular. And yes, the album is great. But you said: "Mahler left the Tenth complete on four staves. We know enough of his working techniques to know that, once he had set down that stage of a work, he never altered the basic structure." I am not such a Mahler expert, but aren't both Blumine and the inner movements of the Sixth counterexamples to this argument?  Post a Response

Re: Quibble with Mahler/Barshai review Posted by Paul Serotsky on April 7, 2008, 9:43 pm, in reply to "Quibble with Mahler/Barshai review" 222.154.48.113 I'd have called them "the exceptions that prove the rule". The First was only his fourth effort at writing a symphony, so his working techniques were still developing. It is arguable that indecision over the order of two movements hardly constitutes an alteration of the basic structure. Perhaps we should heed the dictum of the Captain of the Pinafore, who, when challenged by a "What - NEVER?" responded with an apologetic, "Well, HARDLY ever!"  Post a Response

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