Symphony no. 6 “Tragic”

Album by Gustav Mahler & Vladimir Ashkenazy & Česká filharmonie

Symphony No. 6, "Tragic", is the sixth symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, composed in 1903–1904. A late-Romantic orchestral work characterised by dramatic contrasts, expansive structures and forceful sonorities — including the notable hammer-blows in its finale — it reflects Mahler's intense emotional language and occupies a pivotal position in his late-period output, synthesising symphonic tradition with anticipations of twentieth-century tensions.