Differences between Mahler and Bruckner.

Aug 01, 2007 12:59

  It's a wide-spread judgement, that all mahlerists are also brucknerists. Both composers belong to late romantism (close to expressionism), so the styles are similar. But there is a difference between them: Mahler's music is more expressive and daring, with much more small soul half-tones. What about Bruckner: he is more religious, not so ( Read more... )

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asimovberlioz August 1 2007, 19:41:49 UTC
Bruckner is always coitus interruptus; Mahler is always money shots.

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phallelujah August 2 2007, 01:41:49 UTC
haha brilliant

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asddsa August 3 2007, 21:18:08 UTC
bruckner's forms are really clumsy, and his music sounds confused if the tempi are too slow. mahler never sounds too clumsy, but most conductors take his music too slowly so it probably does to other people. i never understood why conductors like boulez and zander take the first movement of mahler's 6 at a plodding tempo. bernstein and solti had the right idea: allegro means FAST. mahler is also more expressive where bruckner tends towards nobility: take the slow movement of bruckner's 2nd symphony and compare it to the slow mov of mahler 5.

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helen_garkau August 6 2007, 09:49:00 UTC
As I am an "internet dinosaur", it's difficult to find something in the web currently:) So, I still haven't heard Bruckner's 2nd... But Adagietto from Mahler's 5th is incredible!.. What about 6th - there's also a good interpretation of Charles Adler. Here first movement isn't plodding, but also not too fast - I think it's majestic and fatal!

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