Symphony No. 10 (Mahler)

The Symphony No. 10 by Gustav Mahler was written in 1910 and 1911, and was his final composition. At the time of Mahler's death the composition was substantially complete as a draft, but was unperformable in that state.

Recordings of Mahler's Tenth

The original, incomplete Cooke version was first recorded by the BBC as noted above; the first complete version (denoted Cooke I) was also premiéred by Goldschmidt, this time with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1964; the first commercial recording appeared in 1966 (recording date: 1965), conducted by Eugene Ormandy and his Philadelphia Orchestra, but this is not now considered among the best recordings, especially as Cooke eventually superseded this version. Several notable recordings of the revised Cooke (version II) have been made: the first, made by Wyn Morris in 1972 has recently been reissued. Simon Rattle's 1980 recording with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra gave the former percussionist an opportunity to make some pointed revisions, most noticeably giving prominence to the military drum in the fifth movement, which is played as loudly as possible without being muffled or dampened.

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1964 - 1966 - 1965 - Eugene Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra - Wyn Morris - Simon Rattle

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Other notable recordings include those of Kurt Sanderling (1979; Cooke II) and Riccardo Chailly (1986; Cooke II), Eliahu Inbal (1993; Cooke II), and Sir Simon Rattle again - this time with the Berlin Philharmonic (1999; Cooke III, again with alterations by Rattle).

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Kurt Sanderling - Riccardo Chailly - Eliahu Inbal - Berlin Philharmonic

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