Par MAHLER ALMA. Manch einer suchen in Almas Musik den spezifisch Mahlerschen Ton vergebens. Dies gründet zweifellos auf der Tatsache, dass sie den Ideen der jungen Wiener Avantgarde um Schönberg und Zemlinsky weit näher stand als jenen Gustav Mahlers. Tatsächlich unterscheidet sich ihre musikalische Sprache deutlich von der ihres Mannes: sie ist harmonisch reicher, komplexer und manchmal auch gewagter. Beispiel hierfür geben die vorliegenden Lieder, wo sie etwa in Laue Sommernacht zu einer musikalischen Prosa findet, die mit der Partitur-Anweisung Sehr frei im Vortrag nur annähernd beschrieben wird./ Répertoire / Chœur ssaaattbbb

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. 'The songs are conceived as a whole, as if a wayfarer, with his destiny, is now looking out into the world and is wandering from place to place. … The most painful experiences were bound to come…' (Gustav Mahler, 1885) Mahler's famous set of four songs for voice and orchestra is newly available in the handsome UE Study Scores format. Gustav Mahler's 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen' ('Songs of a Wayfarer') occupy a special position in his song oeuvre. Subsequent to the 'Frühe Lieder und Gesänge' ('Songs and Airs') which - with the exception of the 'Serenade' and 'Phantasie' from Don Juan - were composed between 1880 and 1882 as songs for piano and voice, the 'Gesellenlieder' ('Wayfarer Songs') were the first works to be presented in the dual versions (songs for piano and voice / orchestral songs) that were so significant for Mahler's song compositions. The 'Gesellenlieder' were initially written as songs for piano and voice between late 1884 / early 1885 and 1890, and Mahler's orchestration only followed in the years between 1890 and 1893. Another unique feature is that they were explicitly conceived as a song cycle and together with the 'Kindertotenlieder' ('Songs on the Death of Children') and possibly also the 'Lied von der Erde' ('Song of the Earth') - although the latter is far more akin to a symphony - these are the only song cycles in Mahler's song oeuvre. The 'Gesellenlieder' ultimately express the subjective experience of suffering in a particularly remarkable way./ Répertoire / Voix et Orchestre

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. The Song of the Earth , composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler’s best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the very end, Mahler continued to refine the extremely differentiated instrumentation, as is evident in numerous retouchings in the autograph score and engraver’s model. It is therefore all the more regrettable that he was neither able to perform his “Symphony in Songs” himself nor that he was involved in its printing. Unfortunately, in the posthumously published first edition of 1912 and the subsequent editions edited by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Füssl, many questions remained unanswered, while other were answered in a dubious way. The edition is the first text-critical one of the work on a scientifically sound basis. It offers not only a more reliable musical text, but also systematically and lucidly prepared information on the sources, their transmission and evaluation. All editorial decisions have been documented in a transparently comprehensible manner – in particular those leading to new audible results. Work-related notes on performance practice, which for the first time include Mahler’s conducting indications, offer valuable, indispensable interpretive aids. In addition to the regular five clarinet parts, the set of parts includes two additional parts (3rd clarinet/E b clarinet, bass clarinet/3rd clarinet in places where the latter plays E b clarinet) to allow performances with only four clarinets. The completely revised piano reduction reproduces the orchestral texture true to the score without losing sight of playability. Both Mahler’s piano autograph and the piano reduction by Wöss, which was commissioned by the composer himself, served as an inspiration for this. / Date parution : 2022-07-23/ Répertoire / Soli [AT] et Orchestre

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. The Song of the Earth , composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler’s best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the very end, Mahler continued to refine the extremely differentiated instrumentation, as is evident in numerous retouchings in the autograph score and engraver’s model. It is therefore all the more regrettable that he was neither able to perform his “Symphony in Songs” himself nor that he was involved in its printing. Unfortunately, in the posthumously published first edition of 1912 and the subsequent editions edited by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Füssl, many questions remained unanswered, while other were answered in a dubious way. The edition is the first text-critical one of the work on a scientifically sound basis. It offers not only a more reliable musical text, but also systematically and lucidly prepared information on the sources, their transmission and evaluation. All editorial decisions have been documented in a transparently comprehensible manner – in particular those leading to new audible results. Work-related notes on performance practice, which for the first time include Mahler’s conducting indications, offer valuable, indispensable interpretive aids. In addition to the regular five clarinet parts, the set of parts includes two additional parts (3rd clarinet/E b clarinet, bass clarinet/3rd clarinet in places where the latter plays E b clarinet) to allow performances with only four clarinets. The completely revised piano reduction reproduces the orchestral texture true to the score without losing sight of playability. Both Mahler’s piano autograph and the piano reduction by Wöss, which was commissioned by the composer himself, served as an inspiration for this. / Date parution : 2022-07-23/ Répertoire / Soli [AT] et Orchestre

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. In this great work, first published in 1912, Mahler experimented with the four-movement symphonic form, producing a masterpiece of musical innovation, satiric writing and poetic drama expressed in purely instrumental terms. Now the full orchestral score of the Ninth Symphony is available in this inexpensive, high-quality edition, reprinted from an authoritative Viennese score. Music lovers and admirers of Mahler's work will find in these pages abundant evidence of the fresh and formidable thinking the composer brought to this monumental composition. One of the last composers of the great Romantic tradition, Mahler possessed a strong sense ofthe dramatic in life. He chose to record that drama in nine magnificent symphonies, all works of vivid orchestration, innovative symphonic structure, and rich emotional expression./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Dans sa préface à la nouvelle édition critique de la 'Septième Symphonie, le Dr Reinhold Kubik (rédacteur en chef et vice-président de la Société internationale Gustav Mahler) se penche sur la réception de Mahler et la discussion entre l'éditeur et Erwin Ratz, le rédacteur en chef de la première édition critique, et résume ce qui suit: 'dans le même temps, le niveau des autres éditions complètes avec leurs appareils complets critiques a été acceptée par l'édition Mahler ainsi. Les temps ont changé: Mahler se classe maintenant parmi les compositeurs les plus réussis et est devenu important pour les éditeurs. Objections ont été supprimés. En conséquence, il était grand temps de rendre justice à ce travail en profondeur la préparation d'une nouvelle édition, y compris une nouvelle typographie musicale avec matériel d'exécution qui est compatible avec la partition. Il est difficile à croire, mais la vérification à travers les sources de nouveau découvert une foule de passages, des erreurs même, qui sont dans le besoin d'amélioration.La première représentation de cette édition a eu lieu à l'Hôtel de Gasteig Philharmonic, le 8 Mars 2007 avec l'Orchestre symphonique de Bavière, sous la direction de Mariss Jansons. / Orchestre

Symphonische Dichtung. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Gustav Mahler’s “Funeral Rites“ (literally translated: “Celebration of the Dead“) was initially conceived as the first movement of a symphony in C minor and completed in 1888. After certain alterations, – mainly cuts and extensions regarding the instrumentation – the piece became the First Movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (study scores available with the number UE34315) a few years later. Mahler himself conducted it as an independent piece with the Berlin Philharmonics in 1896./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Eine Tondichtung In Symphonieform In Zwei Teilen und Fünf Sätzen. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. “Titan”, the early five-movement version of the “Symphony No. 1”, has never been published before. Universal Edition is proud to make this score available for the first time in connection with the Complete New Critical Edition. Mahler composed the work at the beginning of 1888 in Leipzig. In 1889 it was subsequently premiered as a “symphonic poem” in Budapest. Our first edition of “Titan” contains the history of its genesis, reviews of the performances in Hamburg and Weimar, a discussion of the programmes and the underlying ideas behind the work, colour prints of important sources, and an extensive critical commentary that describes the variants, problematic passages and all editorial interpolations. At this point, we would like to refer to a statement by the International Gustav Mahler Society (IGMG), which is very concerned about Mahler editions that are not up to date with musicological research and thus cannot do justice to the composer's intentions. To the statement (click in the top right corner to read in English)/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Gustav Mahler: Das himmlische Leben (The heavenly life) for soprano, clarinet and piano from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Mahler?s Symphony No. 4 in a small setting for soprano, clarinet and piano. Klaus Simon arranged the fourth movement (?The heavenly life?). Instrument: for soprano, clarinet and piano Edition type: sheet music Composer: Mahler Gustav Vocal range: high Arranger: Simon Klaus Languages: German

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Des Knaben Wunderhorn was an assemblage of folksongs and folksong-style poems collected and adapted in 1805 and 1808 by poets to reflect their concept of German folk poetry. In 1887, Mahler discovered the musical potential of this collection and over the next 14 years it provided him with most of his song texts. In addition to Mahler's 23 songs on Wunderhorn texts this compilation contains his settings of five poems by Friedrich Ruckert./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Over the years, the need for a new edition of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 became apparent for several reasons. First, many new sources for this work have become accessible since 1970, when Erwin Ratz completed the first critical edition of this symphony, the most significant being Mahler's personal reference score in which he recorded changes to be made (his last entries were made in September 1910). The second reason was the significant strengthening of the editorial standards of the critical edition in recent years. The music is now computer-generated. Previously, changes to the score could be made only by retouching the film of old engravings. Computerization also ensures a concurrence between the score and performance materials. Editorially, the new edition benefits from expanded texts that describe and assess the source materials, document and explain the editors' decisions and provide detailed information on the work's origin, the history of the published scores, performance practices, etc. Over the past five years, Renare Stark-Voit and Gilbert Kaplan, editors of the new edition of Symphony No. 2, have identified, evaluated and analyzed every significant source, and as a result of their work a substantial number of errors has been corrected./ Répertoire / Solistes, Choeur et Orchestre

Miniature Score. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Widely regarded as the crowning achievement of his career, Mahler's Symphony No. 8 received overwhelming recognition at its first performance in 1910. Scored for orchestra, eight solo voices, double chorus, boys' choir and organ./ Répertoire / Partition de Poche

Gustav Mahler septième rangs symphoniques parmi les oeuvres les plus populaires et accessibles du compositeur. Ne possédant ni un 'programme', ni un thème folk-song, il s'agit d'une composition purement instrumentale, à la fois plein d'espoir et romantique de l'humeur, avec une structure harmonique et stylistique qui évoque le voyage tous les jours de l'aube au crépuscule.Ce score est reproduit en miniature d'une édition officielle, compléter avec des mouvements numérotés pour en faciliter la consultation. Abordable et compact, il est idéal pour une utilisation en salle de classe, à la maison ou dans la salle de concert.Réimpression de Siebente Sinfonie von Gustav Mahler: Orchester-Partition, Ed. Bote and Bock G., Berlin, 1909. / Orchestre