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Salonen’s Mahler at Carnegie Hall: transparent, direct, with no pathos

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 31 May 2017
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Der Schildwache Nachtlied
Mahler, Das Knaben Wunderhorn: Verlor'ne Müh
Mahler, Das Knaben Wunderhorn: Trost im Unglück
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Das irdische Leben
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lied des Verfolgten im Turm
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lob des hohen Verstandes
Mahler, Symphony no. 1 in D major "Titan"
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music
***11
Met Orchestra brings a long neglected symphony back to life
****1
Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival
*****
Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani
*****
Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Met
*****
Singers bring passion and excitement to Met’s Andrea Chénier revival
****1
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