Mahler's first is one of the most thrilling symphonies - but it suffered a long time from an identity crisis. This is a work that went through many revisions before Mahler arrived at the version we ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There has to be a reason for a new Mahler cycle, when so many exceptional recordings have appeared in recent ...

Mark Forrest presents an afternoon of exclusive music-making, with recordings from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and vocal ...

Symphony No. 1 François-Xavier Roth, Conductor South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg (members) Gustav Mahler, Composer Im Sommerwind South West German Radio Symphony ...

The young Bruno Walter was Mahler's assistant, and his performances of his music consequently have a unique authority. This version of the First Symphony derives from a 1950 broadcast made on the ...

Conducting Gustav Mahler's First Symphony is an exhilarating and demanding task. Although it's one of his shortest symphonies (at about 55 minutes), it is an epic journey that requires countless hours ...

Caught by accident on the radio two years ago from the Proms, Iván Fischer's Mahler 1 was immediately gripping and very special, and this CD captures its qualities of absolute directness and clarity.

Symphony No. 1 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly, Conductor Gustav Mahler, Composer At least on record, the Leipzig Gewandhaus does not have much of a Mahler tradition – Masur and Neumann ...

Stephen Johnson gets inside Mahler's first symphony to try and discover its true meaning among the folksongs, military fanfares, and sounds of nature that abound in his score.