Being "moved" by a composer is the start of a delight journey indeed. That's how I started my love affair with Herr Mahler. It has consumed many years of my life and I'm the better for it. I DO listen to many others though so it is not a singular affair.Just that GM's music speaks volumes to me and that has translated into this passion.
A love of music can be instantaneous or a lifelong pursuit. In my own case, I was introduced to classical at a late age of 16. That's when my life long journey started and it will not end until I die. My first Mahlerian experince was the 9th under Solti in the mid 80's. I was hooked.
Now I own CD's,at least 25 books and 50 scores of various works,etc of Mahler.
Obsessive? Maybe. But then again I could be obsessive about a lot of bad things as far as that goes. Music is my vice. LOL. And I indulge daily and frequently.
A part of my collection include these complete sets:
Bernstein/NYPO-DG set
Kubelick-Bavarian RSO-DG
Tennstedt-LPO-EMI
Boulez
Abbado-(combination of Chicago and Berlin.
Rattle
MTT
And many,many other singular recordings.
Last edited by handlebar; Dec-10-2009 at 19:17.
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