Great Performances - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 - Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra

Great Performances - Mahler: Symphony No. 10

Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra

  • Genre: Classical
  • Release Date: 1965-01-01
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Track Count: 5

  • ℗ Originally released 1965 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Tracks

Title Artist Time
1
Symphony No. 10 in F sharp min Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra 21:43
2
Symphony No. 10 in F sharp min Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra 11:18
3
Symphony No. 10 in F sharp min Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra 4:10
4
Symphony No. 10 in F sharp min Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra 11:27
5
Symphony No. 10 in F sharp min Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra 21:34

Reviews

  • You always remember your first time

    5
    By ohdervic
    I remember my Dad buying this album in the 60's and carefully putting it on the Zenith console stereo. I was hooked on first hearing. Never had I heard such passionate, soul-affecting music! In the years that followed, many orchestras and conductors had a go at the 10th. Simon Rattle comes to mind. But no newer recording quite does justice to my memory of Ormandy and the Philadelphians. If you have to have just one recording of this amazing work, this is the one. The strings are in the grand Philadelphia tradition: robust, romantic, and singing. The balances are fantastic. And since the original recording was made to analog tape, the sound is integrated and cohesive. I almost got lost in nostalgia listening to this record again after 40 years!

  • Mahler Symphony 10, Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra

    5
    By Carl Fowler
    Eugene Ormandy's performance of the D. Cooke relization of the incomplete Mahler 10th Symphony was the first "complete" recording of the piece. At his death Mahler had fully written only the towering (and deeply sad) first movement, with variously complete sketches for the rest. This performance represented the premiere of the Cooke version (which includes remarkable original composition to bridge what Mahler did complete) and it showcased it exceptionally well. Ormandy was never particularly noted as a Mahler specialist. Often criticized for the "emotionless perfection" of the sound of the Philadelphia Orchestra (an odd criticism--because the Philadelphia played magnificently for Ormandy there was something supposedly dull about their work). but in this performance all is taut power, deep passion and, of course, greatly virtuosic! The searing Finale, with its muffled drum strikes simply crushing all efforts at remorseful peace, is simply overwhelming. This was one of Columbia's penultimate Ormandy releases and it certainly shows that on the right night and with the right composition Ormandy was not only a great technician, but also a great interpreter. Mahler's deeply profound and tragic thoughts are brilliantly reconstructed by Cooke and stunningly revealed by Ormandy and the glorious Philadelphia Orchestra.

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