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Gustav Mahler: Conducting Mahler/I Have Lost Touch With the World
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The Juxtapositions series issues on DVD noteworthy documentaries about contemporary music, with installments covering such modern figures as Carter, Boulez, and Schoenberg. The series seems to adopt the ever more popular view that Gustav Mahler was the founding figure of the whole wave of innovation in the 20th century, as it has dedicated two DVDs to the composer so far (the other being Attrazione D'Amore/Voyage to Cythera. On this one, we get two documentaries directed by Dutch filmmaker and contemporary music fan Frank Scheffer.The first film is CONDUCTING MAHLER. It documents the interpretations of four conductors who have dedicated much time to Mahler's music: Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly, Simon Rattle and Claudio Abbado. Riccardo Muti also appears a bit. As one reviewer already complained, the focus is entirely on the face and hands of the conductor. The only clue there's a real ensemble being addressed is the sound produced and the pauses where the conductor amusingly scolds the players.It's a shame Boulez wasn't involved in this kind of production, since I find his Mahler readings the most faithful to the score. The four conductors here go on and on about the "emotion" of Mahler, blah blah blah, when it's just notes. A brief interview with Riccardo Muti even has him claiming that one must discover what is "behind the notes", an excuse to engage in all manner of distortion of the work.The second documentary is "I Have Lost Touch with the World". This explores Mahler's Symphony No. 9. Riccardo Chailly and the Royal Concertgebouw provide musical extracts, while the Mahler biographer Henry-Louis de la Grange provides background information. While I Chailly's interpretation of Mahler and his comments on the musical material is interesting, I find Henry-Louis de la Grange's attempts to connect themes from the symphony to Mahler's life extremely speculative.If you are a fan of Mahler, especially one that likes seeing the different approaches various conductors have towards his works, these two documentaries are entertaining. I can understand, however, that some might find this an unessential purchase and better viewed from the library. Still, even though I'm not the biggest Mahler fan in the world, I still got the DVD just to better support a company that has brought us so many good DVDs of contemporary repertoire.
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