Symphonie No. 6 / Rückert-Lieder

Album by Gustav Mahler & Hanna Schwarz & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

Symphonie No. 6 and the Rückert-Lieder are orchestral and vocal works by Gustav Mahler, composed in 1903–1904 and 1901–1902 respectively. The Sixth Symphony is a large-scale late-Romantic orchestral work characterised by intense orchestration, driving rhythms and tragic thematic development, while the Rückert-Lieder are intimate orchestral songs with refined harmonic language and introspective lyricism, together marking a crucial stage in Mahler's transition between expansive symphonic argument and more inward vocal expression.

Symphonie No. 6 / Rückert-Lieder by Gustav Mahler - album cover

First released: October 1988

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Symphony No.6 in A Minor: 1. Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig aber Markig
23:33
2.
Symphony No.6 in A Minor: 2. Scherzo (Wuchtig)
13:20
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Symphony No.6 in A Minor: 3. Andante moderato
15:56
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Symphony No.6 in A Minor: 4. Finale (Allegro moderato)
30:56