Uri Caine - Mahler: Urlicht - Primal Light / Caine, Bensoussan, et al.
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Free Music Notes for Mahler: Urlicht - Primal Light / Caine, Bensoussan, et al.
Free Music Review: Almost, but not quite
Hit: 3 Stars
This is obviously an intriguing idea, and it's well-imagined by Caine, who manages to take Mahler and place him in unusual contemporary contexts. However, musically, this is not a complete success. There is the sense that the musicians have not quite grasped what Mahler is all about just yet, and what they are doing with him. While technically well-played, there is no great sense of the composers ideas truly being there, and the musicians thus transforming them, as if this was recorded in the middle of a series of rehearsals, but not when the concert time came itself. But for that concert, you merely have to select the right link . . .Free Music Review: Sorry about that star
Hit: 1 Stars
A friend played this garbage for me. This CD is an insult to classical listeners and to jazz listeners as well. Not because of its "crossover", "iconoclastic" character, but because the performance is very, very bad.Free Music Review: Too cool for WORDS!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay, I'll admit that this CD is not for everybody (you'll notice a stogy traditionalist in an earlier review who gave it 1 star - ignore her). However, what Uri Caine has done with this CD is not only brilliant, but appropriate. Mahler pushed musical boundaries in his time - I think he'd appreciate knowing that his music has been updated once more. Expect surprises, keep and open mind (turntables and Mahler may seem odd at first), and you will (rightfully) worship this CD!Free Music Review: That lady doesn't know a thing
Hit: 5 Stars
ONE STAR? She is nuts...this disc is a masterpiece.Free Music Review: Uri Caine, the Ultimate Musical Blasphemer
Hit: 1 Stars
At first, I was quite pleased when a friend gave me what I thought was a Mahler CD. Until I listened to it, that is. I could not fathom why the instruments were so horribly out of tune, sliding and screeching their way around the notes and rhythms. I was aghast, then hysterical with laughter. I kept the CD to play for friends, who were either too pained or nauseated to listen. Some joined in my derisive laughter, asking to hear it again and again, as one would repeatedly watch his favorite episode of the Three Stooges.
Mahler's 5th Symphony and "Kindertotenlieder" are very dear to me, having performed these works. "Kindertotenlieder" are a study in expressivity and the depths of grief. Caine has made a silly, stupid mockery of these profound works. Equally ridiculous, the packaging and liner notes of the CD insinuate that of a classical work. Again, the pretension is absurd and laughable.