10 de junio de 2008

Cita: Mahler (y más)

A través de El Café de Ocata -y éste a su vez a través de La tiranía de la penitencia de Pascal Bruckner (las entradas, como es costumbre con el maestro Luri, no tienen desperdicio) -doy con esta cita de Gustav Mahler:

"Europa morirá de este principio: eso no tiene que ver conmigo"

Desecho la reflexión al respecto, debido al cansancio, más físico que intelectual, pero me excuso con una recomendación discográfica relacionada, si el lector me lo permite.

El (pen)último número de Gramophone destaca la grabación de la 6a Sinfonía de Mahler por la LSO, dirigida por Valery Gergiev. He aquí un video promocional de la grabación, convertida desde ya en objeto de deseo, con Gergiev en estado puro:

1 comentario:

Bernie dijo...

La cita de Mahler me ha recordado la letra del tema de Die Haut con Nick Cave "Dumb Europe":

On this European night out on the brink
The cafes and the bars still stink
The air is much too thick for seeing
But not thick enough for leaning
I leave in a catatonic crawl
And if I die tonight then throw me in
Some bleak teutonic hole
Six feet under with a snap-frozen soul
And really we could all just die of shame
And really we could all just die of shame
Dumb Europe, Dumb Europe, Dumb Europe.


Oh the Utopian night on the brink
Mama's face staring up at me from the bottom of the sink
Witness my trail of destruction
Trying to leave this drinking place
My feet are magnetised for furniture
The floor's attracted to my face
And if I die tonight
Sell me as some prehistoric bone
A lump of junk-souvenier for Jap
To fob off on his friends back home
The money dance....
I find it hard to cope with days like this. Pass the bottle etcetera
Dumb Europe, Dumb Europe, Dumb Europe.


On this European night out on the brink
The cafes and the bars still stink
The air is much too thick for seeing
But not thick enough for leaning
I leave in a catatonic crawl
And if I die tonight then throw me in
Some bleak teutonic hole
Six feet under with a snap-frozen soul
And really we could all just die of shame
And really we could all just die of shame
Dumb Europe, Dumb Europe, Dumb Europe.