Gustav Mahler
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Some composers are rightly obscure
There is a place for marginal composers — it’s on the margins
Mahler done right
Gustav Mahler: 7th symphony (BR Klassik)
Mahler’s pioneers
Walter Goehr and Willem Mengelberg revive Mahler’s genius
Unveiled enigmas
Shostakovich: Works unveiled (BIS)
Major and minor talent
Rott’s influence, Mahler’s genius
Gustav Mahler: 5th symphony (Pentatone)
Its ethos in Mahler remains inimitable
Gustav Mahler: 4th symphony (Pentatone)
A new recording of Mahler’s smallest symphony is “indispensable” to connoisseurs of his music
The sadder side of summer
Tragedy struck Gustav Mahler, the archetypal summer composer, in 1907
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