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Originally Posted by almacg
Interesting, maybe Shostakovich missed the point then? To me it is an immensely moving, stirring piece of music, regardless of who conducts it. I have a lot of trouble interpreting composers' philosophical intentions, because I think about music in a very abstract way. I see colours and very abstract images as opposed to the plight of the soviet people!
For me, the composers philosophy is not important; I just immensely enjoy Bernstein's rendition of a fantastic composition.
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Hi Almacg,
"Yes! Whatever Mr.Bernstein did during his long career, it turned into gold!"
He is one of the seven wonders of the musical world... he is actually the reason I got so interested in Mahler. It was 1973, when I was watching a cable TV transmission in Greenland (West coast).
My father always made me listen to mozart, Beethoven and Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman' on Sunday's, when he was vacuum cleaning our appartment...lol!
But the day I saw Leonard Bernstein conduct Mahler's last mov, in his ninth symphony, I just lost control... completely!!!
Bernstein is one of the seventh wonders of the classical world!"
Regards,
Fred