by Glenn on August 9, 2014
Listen to enough Mahler and you will begin to notice that each conductor/performer tends to emphasize a certain approach to how the music should be played. Leonard Bernstein heightens emotional content. Pierre Boulez values clarity. Iván Fischer, with his Budapest (…)
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