There's that famous exchange between Sibelius and Mahler in which the later said that a symphony must be like that world--"it must embrace everything." Yet Mahler bores me like no other composer bores me. His colleague Sibelius is one of my favorite composers--yet with Mahler I feel that he just blares on and on, trying to embrace the world yet rarely getting anywhere. I am familiar with his 4th, 5th and 7th symphonies and have recently bought his 1st and had a similar reaction. Am I wrong on Mahler or does anybody else here share my sentiments?
[This message has been edited by MusicallyInclined (edited 04-17-2006).]
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