| I absolutely love those Mahler albums... I dig the fact that he chooses this material especially. Mahler is my absolute favorite classical composer, and why not try to say something different. I think the music is fresh and exciting. His instrumentation makes me think of what some local "pub" bands in Mahler's time might have been jamming to!
Imagine if we could have recordings of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, etc improvising! That would really change the perceptions of a great many people IMO.
Did I mention the fact I love both Dave Douglas and Ralph Alessi (who can sure play a mean intro to Mahler 5, btw...)
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T |