Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (2016)

At his death in 1911, Gustav Mahler left his Symphony No. 10 incomplete, though with most of the work composed in full score or sketched in short score, with indications of the intended orchestration. Notwithstanding the objections of conductors who thought the piece should not be reconstructed or played beyond the finished first movement, completions of the symphony have had varying degrees of success in concert and on recordings, notably in versions by Clinton Carpenter, Joe Wheeler, Remo Mazzetti, Jr., and Rudolf Barshai ... Read More

At his death in 1911, Gustav Mahler left his Symphony No. 10 incomplete, though with most of the work composed in full score or sketched in short score, with indications of the intended orchestration. Notwithstanding the objections of conductors who thought the piece should not be reconstructed or played beyond the finished first movement, completions of the symphony have had varying degrees of success in concert and on recordings, notably in versions by Clinton Carpenter, Joe Wheeler, Remo Mazzetti, Jr., and Rudolf Barshai. However, the most performed by far is the completion by musicologist Deryck Cooke, which was revised several times before being published in 1989. Cooke never pretended that his performing version was the last word, and Mahler clearly would have finished the Tenth in a dramatically different manner. But Cooke was fairly conservative in his approach, consulting scholars over the best ways to fill in pages that only gave the barest suggestions of what Mahler had in mind. This live... Read Less

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