Mahler: Symphony No 9

Mahler wrote his Symphony No 9 during a time of great personal suffering and heartache. This is reflected in the music, at times manic and fierce, at others delicate and serene, as it explores many emotions and ultimately concludes with the heart-stopping coda of the Adagio, seemingly conveying the composer’s acceptance of his own mortality.

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'The LSO’s playing is inspirational, both individually and corporately seemingly at one with its great conductor, virtually beyond criticism … nothing can detract from the excellence of this disc ...
'The inner movements bristle with existential alarm, and the exhausted collapse at the height of the Rondo Burleske is particularly well done … superbly played' (The Guardian)
'In Valery Gergiev's monumental version … the shadows are ever there, but void of undue sentiment or heavy-laden despair. The symmetry of this performance is overwhelming: the outer movements mou ...