Symphony no. 1
Album by Gustav Mahler & The Philadelphia Orchestra & Eugene Ormandy
Symphony No. 1 is the first symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1888 and premiered in 1889. The work employs late-Romantic orchestration with folk-influenced motifs, dramatic shifts in mood and expansive formal scale, serving as an early statement of Mahler's orchestral voice and foreshadowing his later large-scale symphonies.
First released: 1969
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- 1.Symphony no. 1 in D: Langsam, schleppend; im Angang sehr gemächlich
- 2.Symphony no. 1 in D: Andante - Allegretto ("Blumine")
- 3.Symphony no. 1 in D: Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
- 4.Symphony no. 1 in D: Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
- 5.Symphony no. 1 in D: Stürmisch bewegt
