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Horenstein's Bournemouth Mahler 6th Posted by Steve Luciani on July 7, 2025, 6:50 pm Nice new restoration on YouTube's Private Reserve channnel. The late Mr. Duggan had this to say: "When you get to the very end, where the final statement of the cruel march rhythm first heard near the beginning and repeated throughout the work sends the hero to oblivion, you are aware this is what Horenstein was aiming at from the start, because he believes this is what Mahler was aiming for at the start too. In this way this is [one of] the most focused and distilled performances of this work I have ever heard and I doubt many conductors have the intellectual rigour matching great musicianship to both take this on board and deliver it so convincingly."

Re: Horenstein's Bournemouth Mahler 6th Posted by Mike Hardy on July 8, 2025, 7:56 am, in reply to "Horenstein's Bournemouth Mahler 6th" Thank you, Steve. I have always thought this wildly under-rated. This restoration seems quite an improvement, sound opens up and has some depth. Previous Message Nice new restoration on YouTube's Private Reserve channnel. The late Mr. Duggan had this to say: "When you get to the very end, where the final statement of the cruel march rhythm first heard near the beginning and repeated throughout the work sends the hero to oblivion, you are aware this is what Horenstein was aiming at from the start, because he believes this is what Mahler was aiming for at the start too. In this way this is [one of] the most focused and distilled performances of this work I have ever heard and I doubt many conductors have the intellectual rigour matching great musicianship to both take this on board and deliver it so convincingly."

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