The CSO in this recording plays that moment at 4:09 better than anyone else; the passion of the swell is not ignored but neither is it overdone. A lot of orchestras really overdo it and make it into this outrageous, flashy moment.
Come fatto giustamente notare anche in altri commenti, l'interpretazione del Maestro Abbado, in tutta la sua appassionata partecipazione, evidenzia meravigliosamente i molti aspetti di questa musica sublime - a differenza di altre pur notevolissime incisioni. Grazie
Discovered it recently it's getting more and more enjoyable each time ! Didn't knew much about Mahler except his wikipedia page I regret not giving him a try beforr
I don't have time to give this a full listen, but I think this is almost the only performance I've found of the scherzo that doesn't bore me eventually. It's such an apparently haphazard piece of music that it needs a master's touch to make it sound like a single journey, but, at least on this listen, I think Abbado pulled it off. Gotta give it another try as part of the whole symphony next.
