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 ...

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 Symphony No. 1 in D went through many variations before arriving at the version we know today. Originally composed between late 1887 and March 1888 the work was badly received at its premiere ...

His friend Mahler called him a genius, but there’s little in this recording – fine though it is – of Rott’s first symphony to persuade us of that Examples of composers who did not live long enough to ...

The fourth movement springs suddenly, like a lightening bolt from a dark cloud. It is simply the cry of a deeply wounded heart. Audiences in Gustav Mahler's time didn't know what to make of his music.

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 ...

Mahler's song "Ging heut' morgens" later appeared as a purely instrumental theme in his Symphony No. 1 (Thomas Hampson, baritone). Gustav Mahler died 97 years ago today — May 18, 1911. Today, he's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.