Symphony No. 9

Album by Gustav Mahler & The Philadelphia Orchestra & James Levine

Symphony No. 9 is the ninth symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1909. The work exemplifies Mahler's late-Romantic language, employing large-scale orchestration, complex harmonic shifts and expansive movements that juxtapose introspective lyricism with turbulent, sometimes austere passages, and it occupies a pivotal place as the composer's final completed symphony, reflecting his late-period preoccupation with mortality and farewell.
First released: 1979

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 9 in D major: I. Andante comodo
    29:41
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 9 in D major: III. Rondo-Burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig
    14:19
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 9 in D major: II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
    18:02
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 9 in D major: IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend
    29:51

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