Gustav Mahler - Berliner Philharmoniker / Simon Rattle - Symphony 10 (complete version by Deryck Cooke) (2000)

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony 10 (complete version by Deryck Cooke)
Berliner Philharmoniker / Simon Rattle
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Label/Cat#: EMI # 7243 5 56972 2 6 | Country/Year: Europe 2000
Genre: Classical | Style: Late Romantic, Contemporary

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The Symphony No. 10 by Gustav Mahler was written in the summer of 1910, and was his final composition. At the time of Mahler's death the composition was substantially complete in the form of a continuous draft; but not being fully elaborated at every point, and mostly not orchestrated, it was not performable in that state. Only the first movement is regarded as reasonably complete and performable as Mahler intended. Perhaps as a reflection of the inner turmoil he was dealing with at the time (Mahler knew he had a failing heart and his wife had committed infidelity), the 10th Symphony is arguably his most musically dissonant work.

Deryck Cooke's versions

The various realisations produced by Cooke have, since the late 1960s, become the basis for most performances and recordings.

A first, still incomplete performing version by Cooke (1959–1960) stemmed from a performance and an associated lecture for radio broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, marking the centenary of Mahler's birth. This was aired on 19 December 1960, with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Berthold Goldschmidt, who also assisted with the orchestration of Cooke's edition. At its first performance Cooke's realisation of the final movement proved to be a revelation to listeners,[citation needed] and Cooke resolved to complete the orchestration and elaboration of the Scherzo movements, which required much more compositional work than he had time for.

Alma Mahler, who had at one point taken the views of Bruno Walter to heart and demanded a veto on further performances of the Cooke performing version, actually changed her mind upon seeing Cooke's revised score and hearing the recording. She wrote Cooke a letter in English, postmarked New York, 8 May 1963, which Cooke includes in the preface pages to the score:

Dear Mr. Cooke,

Mr. Harold Byrns visited me here in New York. Today he read me your excellent articles on Mahler's Tenth Symphony and [showed me] your equally authoritative score. Afterwards I expressed my desire to finally listen to the London BBC tape. I was so moved by this performance that I immediately asked Mr. Byrns to play the work a second time. I then realised that the time had come when I must reconsider my previous decision not to permit the performance of this work. I have now decided once and for all to give you full permission to go ahead with performances in any part of the world. I enclose [a] copy of my letter of even date to [the] BBC.
Sincerely yours,

Alma Maria Mahler

Cooke's revised and completed version, conducted by Goldschmidt, was premièred at the Proms on 13 August 1964 and recorded soon after. After Alma's death in December 1964, her daughter Anna allowed Cooke access to the full set of manuscript sketches, many of which had not been published four decades earlier. In the light of these, Cooke made a revised performing version in association with the British composers Colin and David Matthews between 1966 and 1972, and thereafter his final version before his death in 1976. The release of these pages also prompted the International Gustav Mahler Society in Vienna to issue another, more complete collection of Mahler's manuscripts in facsimile (Ricke, 1967). This revised edition of Cooke's first complete score was published in 1976, shortly before Cooke's death. A further revision, with mostly minor changes made by the three surviving collaborators, appeared in print in 1989.
Summary of the Cooke versions

Cooke's performing editions of the Tenth Symphony may be summarised as follows:

Cooke "0" – (1960, unpublished): BBC performance, completed 1st, 3rd and 5th movements plus partial realisations of the 2nd and 4th movements; presented as part of a lecture-demonstration
Cooke I – first complete performing version (1960–1964; unpublished)

Premiered on 13 August 1964 by Berthold Goldschmidt; basis for the recordings by Eugene Ormandy (1965/66) and Jean Martinon (1966)

Cooke II – second performing version (1966–1972; appeared in print in 1976)

premiered on 15 October 1972 by Wyn Morris; basis for all recordings from 1972 to 1992

Cooke III – a slightly revised form of the 1976 score (printed in 1989)

various reading errors corrected, some minor changes made in orchestration, and the whole enhanced by considerations concerning performance; the editorial input coming from David and Colin Matthews and Berthold Goldschmidt. (Those pages which have been altered are marked with an asterisk.) wikipedia

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