The Mahler 2nd is no walk in the park, either.
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With Wagnerian operas --- You don't have to watch. Just close your eyes and listen and feel.
P*S televised the Ring over a week several years ago. Four operas later I was drained. It was in my dreams. Conducting it, and above all making the whole thing come together, must take a very special person...like me. I'd love to do it :)
If bottomless means the same as never-emdimg, I certain;y agree.
I'll contribute a dissenting view. I have grown to like Mahler and now really enjoy many of the symphonies. I have never liked Wagner with the exception of the Ride of the Valkyries theme used in Apocalypse now.
Saw a special on Discovery/Times network the other day (I know, I know). It was on occultism in the 3rd Reich. It was actually quite good and made many points not all of them can I summarize here.
One point it made however, was that Hitler was heavily influenced by Wagner - it might not be an overstatement to say that Nazism was the product of Wagner's aryan mysticism and Hitler's take on all of it. All the top Nazi's saw themselves as Aryan or Nordic knights that were going to find the grail or some such nonsense - all right out of Wagner. I'm sure intelligent people can differ but for me it just reinforced my already strong predisposition to not like Wagner.
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You have to be genius level to be a good conductor. Same way Emeril is a genius. His show is boring cliché to me but last night I relaxed and noticed how smoothly he "orchestrated". You try cooking and talking and ten other things at the same time!