UE Mahler Interview with Valery Gergiev
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- Опубликовано: 25 мар 2011
- Conductor Valery Gergiev talks to Universal Edition about the life and music of Gustav Mahler and the reception of his music in Russia.
This interview is included in our new book Gustav Mahler: The Conductors' Interviews
Edited by Wolfgang Schaufler
www.universaledition.com/mahle... 
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I think this interview took place in some time between his 12 A.M. concert in St-Petersburgh and 7 P.M. concert in Tokyo
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That's one of the best answers to the question of what one would ask Mahler---please conduct one of your symphonies. I'd extend that to say---please conduct anything you want. Beethoven, Wagner, Schubert, Mozart, Tchaikovsky. I can't imagine what that experience would be like, but it would be unequivocally special.
at the beginning. he's texting!
Charismatic person
Sorry Val, boring!
I don't like him. It was a TERRIBLE choice to make him chief conductor of the Munich Phil. His conducting style is terrible and it shows in the performances and the recordings. The Munich Phil. were a top orchestra under Celibidache and Maazel. Now, they are only average. Munich Phil. should have picked Nelsons. He would have been a perfect pick.
lj291261 terrible how?
The "Gewandhausorchester Leipzig" is better for Nelsons, because it is one of the best romantic orchestras in Germany. And Nelsons is a great romantic conductor.
His Bruckner with the Munich PO is good, sometimes absolutely great, I love his recording of Bruckner 7.
@@lydiahuynh4815 me too. I can't even listen to Celibidache's version after that. BUT knowing Gergiev's attitude to rehearsals, I can only imagine how many concerts it took him to learn the score ( yeah CONCERTS, because he doesn't have time to rehearse). At first it's played somewhere in Russian province , where public isn't that critical , so you can even play it backward as long as you're Gergiev. After a few tries in Russia , he needs a few more with Munich PO , cz it's another orchestra and they rehearse an hour before the concert ( at the best case ). And finally after N sloppy performances it comes to the level, to make a record.
So you always have to come at Gergiev's 6-7th attempt, then you'll never get disappointed.
SORRY, BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THIS - GERGIEV COMPLETELY LACKS THE MORAL AUTHORITY TO COMMENT ON, LET ALONE CONDUCT, GUSTAV MAHLER OR ANY OTHER COMPOSER -- ESPECIALLY RUSSIAN COMPOSERS, SOME OF WHO WERE BORN IN THE UKRAINE, AND WHO WOULD ALL BE APPALLED AT WHAT'S HAPPENING.