Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor - Resurrection/ Neeme Jarvi, conducting
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Bassoon: Martin KuuskmannClarinet: Paul Demers
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Conductor: Neeme J?rvi
Harp: Barbara Druckman
Horn: Eva Conti
Horn: Jenny Ralske
Horn: Jonathan Karschney
Horn: Russell Bonifede
Mezzo Soprano: Susanne Mentzer
Oboe: Carolyn Banham
Oboe: Jeremy Szabo
Orchestra: members of Detroit Symphony
Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra [members of]
Orchestra: members of New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic [Members of]
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra [members of]
Organ: Timothy Edward Smith
Percussion: Erik Charlston
Percussion: Michael Caterisano
Percussion: Sergio Carreno
Soprano: Twyla Robinson
Trumpet: Christopher Bubolz
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Classical, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Video Artists Int'l
Movie Reviews of Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor - Resurrection/ Neeme Jarvi, conducting
Movie Review: Wait and buy it on sale
Summary: 2 Stars
The folks at VAI brought us a DVD of Mahler #3, I bought it, and was favorably impressed with the performance, sound quality and videography. So, I decided to got back to that well and buy VAI's Mahler #2. Ouch. What's wrong with it? To start with, there's a lot of hoop-la on the DVD about the "super orchestra" that was assembled for the performance. Well, that's a roundabout way of saying "pick-up band." Way to0 much music + way too little rehearsal time = mediocre performance. The pre-concert intro portion of the DVD is not about Mahler or #2. It's about Neeme Jarvi, a very capable conductor, who every now and then has hit the mark in his Mahler recordings. But this is not one of them. He labors bravely to lead the orchestra through the score and does a good job. But if you know #2 well, this performance will put you on the alert from start, slightly on edge, hoping that the players don't mess it up. This makes it impossible hard to enjoy the music. Do they mess up? Yes, in a half dozen places--just often and badly enough to make you wish they hadn't. Throughout, Jarvi makes the same mistake that a lot other Mahler conductors make: He does not hold back, save the triple-forte for when the score calls for it, and then deliver them like quick, decisive, chilling hammer blows. The clarity is not there, and that is very disappointing.
A small point: The translation from German of the part of the Resurrection hymn in the last movement written by Mahler (not the part by Klopstock) is incorrect on a crucial point. "Was du geschlagen," refers to the beating of one's heart, and has nothing to do with "struggle" as the on-screen translation says. By that point, #2 has moved beyond struggle and on to freedom.
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