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NEW • NOUVEAUTE • NEUHEIT 05/13-(5) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphonies No. 1 & 2 (arr. für piano 4 hands by Bruno Walter) Pianoduo Trenkner / Speidel 2 Hybrid-SACDs MDG 930 1778-6 UPC-Code: Universal Access Gustav Mahler’s symphonies number among the most complex and enigmatic works in the whole of the music literature. Usually of sweeping scope, they can hardly be grasped in full on a single hearing. Since listening assistance performs a valuable service here, Mahler attached the greatest importance to the arrangement form, with which he was able more easily to introduce other conductors to the structures of his works. The Evelinde Trenkner/Sontraud Speidel Piano Duo has now recorded Mahler’s first two symphonies in the masterfully crafted piano version for four hands by Bruno Walter. Direct Connection Walter collaborated closely with Mahler, first as a répétiteur in Hamburg and later as an assistant conductor in Vienna. After the composer’s death he conducted the premiere of Das Lied von der Erde and the Ninth Symphony. His expertise is in evidence in the piano version of the two symphonies; he marks dynamics and phrasing with the greatest precision, and the intricate texture of primary and secondary parts is realized tonally in the piano score. Fascinatingly enough, the structure of the works takes on a completely new significance when the instrumentation is reduced. Genial Clarity This aspect of course particularly attracts our attention in the vocal segments of the Second Symphony. Separated from the text and from the human voice, the line originally intended for singing is integrated into the musical texture. The structural construction is highlighted – and suddenly connections become clear that otherwise recede behind the sometimes highly sumptuous instrumentation. Guiding Stars The Evelinde Trenkner/Sontraud Speidel Piano Duo has recorded numerous great symphonic works in piano versions for four hands on MDG. The symbiotic team effort of these two pianists on a magnificent Steinway D of big symphonic sound (built in 1901!) illumines these masterful compositions in a new way and draws on all the powers of keyboard charm to make it easier to obtain access to these historically legitimated audio monuments. Gustav Mahler: Symphonies No. 6 & 7 MDG 337 0837-2 (2 CDs), arr. by Zemlinsky and Casella Bach/Reger: Brandenburg Concertos MDG 330 0635-2 (2 CDs) Bach/Reger: Orchestral Suites MDG 330 1006-2 (2 CDs) Max Reger: Complete Works for 2 Pianos MDG 330 0756-2 Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231 Maurice Ravel: Boléro N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. Suite Symphonique op. 35 MDG 330 1616-2 DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM AUDIOVISION GMBH • BACHSTRASSE 35 • D-32756 DETMOLD TEL.: ++49-(0)5231-93890 • FAX.: ++49-(0)5231-26186 • www.mdg.de • [email protected]