Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

Where to watch · United States

Not on any service here yet.

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 (1975)

Directed by Humphrey Burton

Music · 2h 48m

Leonard Bernstein made these recordings during his wonderfully productive collaboration with the Wiener Philharmoniker in the mid-1970s when he was at the peak of his career. Humphrey Burton's direction is, as always, very fine, giving the viewer/listener both the larger picture and highlighting individual soloists, players or groups of musicians and, of course, the maestro. The video and audio tracks show their age, but are quite acceptable even for today's standards. Bernstein's Seventh is everything one could desire: dark and spooky, highly sensual, but also structurally strong and assertive where needed. Bernstein's reading does not gloss over breakdowns in tonality and the foreshadowing of later musical developments.

Rate it first

No account needed. Others' takes stay sealed until you rate.

?/10

Cast

Leonard Bernstein Self Edda Moser Self Judith Blegen Self
G
Gerti Zeumer Self Ingrid Mayr Self Agnes Baltsa Self Kenneth Riegel Self Hermann Prey Self José van Dam Self
V
Vienna Philharmonic Self

Crew

Director
Humphrey Burton

Details

Release date
1975-07-17
Runtime
2h 48m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Austria
Production
Deutsche Grammophon