MAHLER SIXES (cont.)
4. Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
1967
First movement
to Jordan:
2 bars before Rehearsal #3
4 bars before Rehearsal #13
It must be difficult to coordinate this with interps like Bernstein, where this is molto rubato?
Correctly takes the 2nd ending
to Rachel:
p. 47 Violins I & II (beat before Rehearsal #25)
*I. Spieler legato II. Spieler non legato
1st player legato; 2nd player non‑legato
Extraordinary note! Does this mean each stand is split into one player playing legato and the other non-legato?
Bernstein goes full rubato in these two sections:
4 bars before Rehearsal #35
Slow movement 3rd
Gorgeous!
Five bars before Rehearsal #61, look how he achieves an effect by switching the dynamics in the two parts:
The final nine bars -- exquisite!
Two hammer blows, well recorded
Final bars:













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