What are the 21 best symphonies of all time? 151 famous conductors cast their vote. Discover all the great works at classical ...

Mahler's song "Ging heut' morgens" later appeared as a purely instrumental theme in his Symphony No. 1 (Thomas Hampson, baritone). Gustav Mahler died 97 years ago today — May 18, 1911. Today, he's ...

The last Sunday of June, Michael Tilson Thomas was to conduct Mahler’s colossal Eighth Symphony, known as “Symphony of a Thousand,” in San Francisco. Hundreds of performers, highlighted by a ...

Orchestral discipline was tight and solo contributions distinguished in Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s finely judged interpretation of Mahler’s transcendent Resurrection ...

Berlin Philharmonic/Harding/Nelsons/ Dudamel/Nézet-Séguin/Petrenko/Rattle/ Haitink/Abbado (Berliner Philharmoniker, 10 CDs & 4 Blu-ray Discs, or download) This ...

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), the “composer of the fin de siècle,” believed that “a symphony must be like a world that encompasses everything.” This conviction seems to have resonated: next year will be ...

From September 29 through October 2, Esa-Pekka Salonen will lead the San Francisco Symphony in performances of Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, the "Resurrection," that are sure to be as safe a ticket ...

Conductor Mandle Cheung leads the Mandle Philharmonic Orchestra and hundreds of singers in Mahler's rarely performed ...

Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO give an extraordinary performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, avoiding spectacle in favour of solemnity, ceremony and, finally, hard-won glory.

I've never aspired to climb Mount Everest, but I can imagine the nervous anticipation of the climber who stands looking upward at the task ahead. Regardless of preparation, training, desire or zeal, ...