The weirdest Mahler 2nd ever…
NewsIt’s played on the ondes martenot.
Do not retune your ears.
The opening sounds like Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.
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How bloody ridiculous.
I before E except after C.
Nah. You’re weird and square. Great musical ideas transcend the instruments for which they were originally intended. From JS Bach to Astor Piazzolla, melody, harmony and rhythm flow equally throughout the universe. The only things that should be kept in check is quality. This Mahler segment is beautiful. Those who cannot recognize nature’s beauty are missing out on life.
It brought me to tears, as this music invariably does.
Love it. It’s a tragedy that the Ondes Martenot is not included in more works.
Call ME wierd if you like but I really enjoyed that! It’s played by a gentleman called Peter Moller [excuse the lack of the correct SCandinavian O] (see the clip on YouTube), who’s playing a modern Japanese ondes, the ‘Ondomo’.
Somehow reminds me – in spirit, at least – of the filthy jazz band reinterpretation of the ballet from the “Aida” “triumphal scene” used in the erotic dream sequence of Ed Wood’s “Glen or Glenda?”. Bruckner on theremin might be more appropriate.
I think I have to stop at a rendition of “Petrouchka” for duelling accordions issued by EMI a few years back (although I do love Larry Coryell’s 12-string solo guitar “Sacre”).
Oh – and just whose recording of “Hallelujah” have you been listening to?
WOW, beautiful !!!!!!!!!!
Of course it’s from the 5th movement, not the 4th like the caption on the video says. And yes, it was hauntingly beautiful.
I enjoyed it and nothing at all like Leonard Cohen.
Totaler Blödsinn! Wieso? Warum? Weshalb? Wozu? Will man glauben, das runde Rad wieder neu entdeckt zu haben? Kaum!
For those who enjoy Ondes Martenot, Messiaen wrote an Ondes Martenot Sextet — Fête des Belles Eaux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYgm5MML58
As we know, Mahler sounds good on any instrument:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vPVw3NAdls
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