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Author: wjk
Date: 2005-03-26 16:42
Do any chamber works by Mahler exist? I've seen reference to an early piano piece, and I saw a CD that claimed to be a chamber version of a Mahler symphony. Any comments/suggestions?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-03-26 17:02
Aside from the numerous songs for voice and piano, Mahler's chamber music attempts were primarily from his early years.
These included a piano quartet, 2 different piano quintets, sonata for violin and piano, and a string quintet.
He also had a few incomplete works such as a piano duet based on the Scherzo of Symphony #1
There is an excellent 2 volume set of books on Mahler by Donald Mitchell which describes all the above works...GBK
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Author: larryb
Date: 2005-03-26 20:16
there is a chamber version of Mahler's 4th - i forget the name of the arranger and haven't heard it myself, but it exists
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-03-26 20:33
larryb wrote:
> there is a chamber version of Mahler's 4th - i forget the name
> of the arranger and haven't heard it myself, but it exists
Erwin Stein.
BTW - We should probably also list the Schoenberg chamber arrangement of Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ...GBK
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2005-03-27 17:39
I have a CD of the Mahler/Schoenberg/Riehn chamber version of Das Lied von der Erde. The sleeve notes explain how this arrangement, and others referred to above, were made to be played by the Society for Private Musical Performances (Verein fuer musikalische Privatauffuehrungen) founded by Schoenberg in 1918.
A private musical performance seems a bit of a contradiction in terms to me, but an interesting idea even so.
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Author: Kevin
Date: 2005-03-27 21:13
Songs of a Wayfarer (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen) is available on Sony Classical arranged for voice and piano with Fischer-Dieskau and Leonard Bernstein on piano. Rückert Lieder is also available on that disc.
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Author: Tom A
Date: 2005-03-28 10:05
In the mid-80s I went to a Sydney SO concert at which was performed "Symphonic Prelude" by Mahler. It was explained that it was arranged (no attribution given) from one of his early pieces, presumably for piano. Even at that age (17) I had a good knowledge of Mahler and it was nothing I knew. I can't remember the orchestration and it's not a chamber work, but may have begun as one.
A Google search reveals this, probably the same piece, but with a different history to what I first heard.
http://turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca:8080/Mahler/Student
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2005-03-28 20:24
There is also a version of Schubert's Death and the Mainden done for orchestra by Mahler...very interesting stuff.
David Dow
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