Mahler

Mahler

Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect, which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 his compositions were rediscovered by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century. In 2016, a BBC Music Magazine survey of 151 conductors ranked three of his symphonies in the top ten symphonies of all time.

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  • DAS LIED VON DER ERDE (1988)

    Recorded live from the Philharmonie in Munich, Sir Colin Davis conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for this performance of Mahler's great song symphony.

  • Mahler - Symphony No. 3 (1983)

    In this live concert recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Haitink conducts the NOS Women's Choir, the North Holland Boys' Choir and the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 in D minor, with soloist Carolyn Watkinson (contralto).

  • Mahler - Symphony No. 4 (1982)

    Recorded live from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Haitink conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in G major. Maria Ewing sings the soprano solo in the work's finale.

  • G. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (2018)

    Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' (Resurrection in Budapest) by G. Mahler, performed at Palace of the Arts, 2018. Conductor Iván Fischer, starring Christiane Karg, Elisabeth Kulman.

  • G. Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (2016)

    Symphony No. 3 by G.Mahler, from Verbier Festival, performed at Salle des Combins, 2016. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, starring Nathalie Stutzmann, Oberwalliser Vokalensemble, Chœur Cantiamo de l'École de chant du Haut-Valais Verbier Festival Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas. Performed in German.

  • Orchestre de Paris Mahler II (2017)

    Symphonie n°2 - Orchestre de Paris Mahler II by Mahler, from , 2017. Directed by Julien Condemine, conductor Daniel Harding. Starring Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Christiane Karg (soprano).

  • Jacquelyn Wagner performs Wagner & Mahler (2020)

    Jacquelyn Wagner (soprano), accompanied by Zlata Chochieva, performs R. Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder and Elegy in A flat, as well as G. Mahler's Menuetto from the 3rd symphony (arr. Friedman) and his Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Performed in German and subtitled in English.

  • Hommage an Maya Plisetskaya - La Rose Malade (2010)

    Maya Plisetskaya is one of the most outstanding dancer of the second half of the 20th century. Immediately after graduation from the Moscow Choreography School she became well-known, creating her own style which is characterized by a brilliant technique, elegance, perfection of each individual ge...