Symphony no. 1

Album by Gustav Mahler & Wiener Philharmoniker & Lorin Maazel

Symphony No. 1 is the first symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1888. The work is a large-scale late-Romantic orchestral piece that combines expansive, often folk-influenced melodies with vivid orchestration, dramatic dynamic contrasts and formative experimentation with symphonic structure, marking an early but decisive step in Mahler's development toward his later symphonies and the broader turn-of-the-century symphonic repertoire.
First released: 1986

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": I. Langsam Schelppend
    3:48
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": I. Immer sehr gemachlich
    12:50
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": II. Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
    4:17
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": II. Trio. Recht gemachlich
    3:13
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": II. Tempo primo
    1:28
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": III. Feirlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
    5:42
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": III. Sehr einfach und schlicht wie eine Volksweise
    2:18
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": III. Wieder etwas bewegter, wie am Anfang
    3:40
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 1 "Titan": IV. Sturmisch bewegt - Energisch
    20:35

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