Symphonie no. 1

Album by Gustav Mahler & Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest & Leonard Bernstein

Symphony No. 1 is the first symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1888. The work employs late-Romantic orchestral forces, combining expansive, folk-inflected melodies, dramatic contrasts and lyrical passages to form a broad, cyclical structure that marked Mahler's emergence as a symphonic composer and anticipated the large-scale ambitions of his later symphonies.
First released: January 1989

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphonie no. 1: 1. Langsam. Schleppend. Wie ein Naturlaut — Im Anfang sehr gemächlich
    16:27
  2. 2.
    Symphonie no. 1: 2. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell — Trio. Recht gemächlich
    9:03
  3. 3.
    Symphonie no. 1: 3. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
    10:24
  4. 4.
    Symphonie no. 1: 4. Stürmisch bewegt
    20:09

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