Although a valedictory mood underpins it, Mahler’s Ninth Symphony offers above all a profound meditation on the fate of humanity and seems to exude an immense love of life. Sustained by the commitment and excellence of the artists, this recording reveals the formal, technical and orchestral modernity of a work that was to exert a genuine fascination on the Viennese composers of the following generation.
Symphonie Nr. 9, D-Dur / Ré majeur / D major · I. Andante comodo (28'05) · II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb (15'36) · III. Rondo. Burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig (12'30) · IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend (26'23)
