Symphonie no. 9

Album by Gustav Mahler & Giuseppe Sinopoli & Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 is the ninth symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1909 and first performed in 1912. It is a late-Romantic orchestral work characterised by expansive forms, intricate orchestration, shifting tonality and a mix of lyrical and austere textures, and as Mahler's final completed symphony it occupies a transitional place in his output while pointing towards several twentieth-century developments in orchestral writing.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 9: I. Andante comodo
    5:10
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 9: I. Etwas frischer
    1:09
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 9: I. Hörner
    4:06
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 9: I. Mit Wut. Allegro risoluto
    3:23
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 9: I. Blechbläser
    2:53
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 9: I. Bewegter
    3:11
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 9: I. Wie von Anfang
    1:53
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 9: I. Plötzlich bedeutend langsamer und leise
    6:25
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 9: II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derp
    2:21
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 9: II. Poco più mosso subito. Tempo II
    2:33
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 9: II. Tempo III
    1:29
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 9: II. A tempo II
    2:54
  13. 13.
    Symphony no. 9: II. Tempo I
    1:20
  14. 14.
    Symphony no. 9: II. Tempo II
    1:53
  15. 15.
    Symphony no. 9: II. Tempo I. Subito
    2:39

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 9: III. Rondo-Burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig
    1:53
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 9: III. L'istesso tempo
    1:11
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 9: III. Sempre l'istesso tempo
    1:24
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 9: III. L'istesso tempo
    4:26
  5. 6.
    Symphony no. 9: III. Klarinetten
    1:56
  6. 7.
    Symphony no. 9: III. Tempo I. Subito
    1:34
  7. 8.
    Symphony no. 9: III. Più stretto
    0:53
  8. 9.
    Symphony no. 9: IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend
    4:09
  9. 10.
    Symphony no. 9: IV. Plötzlich wieder sehr langsam (wie zu Anfang) und etwas zögernd
    2:07
  10. 11.
    Symphony no. 9: IV. Molto adagio subito
    2:17
  11. 12.
    Symphony no. 9: IV. A tempo. Molto adagio
    4:06
  12. 13.
    Symphony no. 9: IV. Stets sehr lang gehalten
    1:50
  13. 14.
    Symphony no. 9: IV. Fließender, doch durchaus nicht eilend
    1:32
  14. 15.
    Symphony no. 9: IV. Tempo I. Molto adagio
    5:38
  15. 16.
    Symphony no. 9: IV. Adagissimo
    4:17

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