Symphony No. 9

Album by Gustav Mahler & Philharmonia Orchestra & Benjamin Zander

Symphony No. 9 is the ninth symphony by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1909 and first premiered posthumously in 1912. Rooted in the late-Romantic orchestral tradition, the work juxtaposes expansive forms and intimate, elegiac passages with turbulent and often dissonant textures, foreshadowing early 20th-century modernist tendencies and serving as Mahler's final completed symphony and a significant closing statement in his compositional trajectory.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 9 in D major: I. Andante comodo
    30:08

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony No. 9 in D major: II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Landlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
    15:50
  2. 3.
    Symphony No. 9 in D major: III. Rondo: Burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig
    13:30
  3. 4.
    Symphony No. 9 in D major: IV. Molto adagio
    27:43

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    On Performing and Listening to Mahler: Symphony No. 9: First Movement
    52:54
  2. 4.
    On Performing and Listening to Mahler: Symphony No. 9: Second Movement
    6:44
  3. 5.
    On Performing and Listening to Mahler: Symphony No. 9: Third Movement
    5:59
  4. 6.
    On Performing and Listening to Mahler: Symphony No. 9: Fourth Movement
    11:01

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