Two youthful artists beguiled the Seattle Symphony audience with their dynamic performances in a vibrant program that highlighted the similarities and contrasts between early works of two composers ...

Mahler's first is one of the most thrilling symphonies - but it suffered a long time from an identity crisis. This is a work that went through many revisions before Mahler arrived at the version we ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There has to be a reason for a new Mahler cycle, when so many exceptional recordings have appeared in recent ...

An artist equally praised in the musical capitals of the world as both conductor and composer, German artist Matthias Pintscher makes his TSO podium début with a stimulating programme anchored by ...

Caught by accident on the radio two years ago from the Proms, Iván Fischer's Mahler 1 was immediately gripping and very special, and this CD captures its qualities of absolute directness and clarity.

Music Director Brett Mitchell launches his tenure with the massive orchestral force of Mahler’s monumental “Titan” Symphony, topping off a grandiose performance by International Tchaikovsky ...

Symphony No. 1 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly, Conductor Gustav Mahler, Composer At least on record, the Leipzig Gewandhaus does not have much of a Mahler tradition – Masur and Neumann ...

If the present first instalment is any indication, we can expect breezy, forward looking Mahler closer to Abravanel’s relatively objective style than to Bernstein’s grandly emotive give and take.

Stephen Johnson gets inside Mahler's first symphony to try and discover its true meaning among the folksongs, military fanfares, and sounds of nature that abound in his score.