Symphony no. 7

Album by Gustav Mahler & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

Symphony No. 7 is the seventh symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, composed in 1904–1905 and premiered in 1908. The large-scale late-Romantic work features expansive and varied orchestration with pronounced nocturnal passages, stark contrasts of mood and texture, and a willingness to experiment with tonal ambiguity, placing it in a transitional position within Mahler's oeuvre between his middle-period symphonies and his later, more introspective works.
First released: 1984

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Ia. Langsam (Adagio)
    2:03
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Ib. Nicht schleppen
    1:17
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Ic. Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo
    1:27
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Id. a tempo
    1:48
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Ie.
    3:12
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: If. Subito Allegro I
    3:42
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Ig. Adagio (Tempo der Einleitung)
    2:29
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Ih. Allegro come prima
    5:26
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IIa. Nachtmusik I: Allegro moderato
    3:55
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IIb. Nachtmusik I: Sempre l'istesso Tempo (Nicht eilen)
    6:56
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IIc. Nachtmusik I: Tempo
    1:45
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IId. Nachtmusik I:
    3:59
  13. 13.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IIIa. Scherzo: Schattenhaft (Fliessend, aber nicht schnell)
    3:02
  14. 14.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IIIb. Scherzo: Trio
    2:07
  15. 15.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IIIc. Scherzo: Wieder wie zu Anfang
    3:45
  16. 16.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IVa. Nachtmusik II: Andante amoroso
    6:15
  17. 17.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: IVb. Nachtmusik II:
    7:45
  18. 18.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Va. Rondo-Finale: Allegro ordinario (Tempo I)
    3:01
  19. 19.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Vb. Rondo-Finale: Gemessen! Nicht schnell (Tempo II)
    5:27
  20. 20.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Vc. Rondo-Finale: Tempo I
    2:56
  21. 21.
    Symphony no. 7 in E minor: Vd. Rondo-Finale: Sempre l'istesso Tempo (Tempo I)
    6:18

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