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[etherealhammer]

A few days ago I was laying on my couch staring at the ceiling and thinking of something I had once thought. A record of Mahler’s 9th symphony played loudly in the corner, a particular interpretation which I hadn’t listen to in several years. I had put it on to beautify the bland chaos of my solitude, but something seemed to have muted its power

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[enharmonium]

That's happened to me too. Try the Adagio from his 10th. Or if you're really brave, the Kindertotenlieder .. those break me down right away.

[etherealhammer]

Strangely enough I haven't heard the 10th symphony, even though I've been a huge Mahler fan for quite a while and own multiple copies of symphonies 1-9 (the Boulez, Abbado, Barbirolli, and Walter 9th, for instance). Whose reconstruction would you recommend?

[enharmonium]

Oh, hell if I know :)

[etherealhammer]

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