Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Author of Mahler: Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor (sound recording)
About the Author
The last of the great late-romantic composers, Gustav Mahler was born in Austria in 1860. Although born in the Jewish faith, he converted to Catholicism in 1897 but held a more expansive philosophy than either religion offered. Mahler began studying piano, harmony, and composition at the Vienna show more Conservatory at the age of 15. At the age of 20, he began conducting and held positions at the Budapest Imperial Opera (1880--90), the Hamburg Municipal Theater (1891--97), the Vienna State Opera (1897--1907), the Metropolitan Opera House of New York (1908--10), and the New York Philharmonic (1909--11). As a conductor, Mahler held his orchestras to very high standards, but it was as a composer of symphonies that he is best remembered and revered. Mahler completed nine symphonies and, at his death, left one unfinished which was later completed by another composer. He also wrote five series of songs for solo voices with orchestra. The last of these---"The Song of the Earth" (1908)---was first performed after Mahler's death and is thought by many music experts to be his finest work. In it, he expresses feelings of pleasure and foreboding, both of which characterized the mood of the late romantic period. Mahler's work often mixed simplicity with sophistication, lofty ideas with strong feelings, and the grotesque or fantastic with the common and ordinary. While Mahler's symphonies are regarded as the high point of the romantic period, they also include elements that foreshadowed the age to follow, influencing such composers as Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton von Webern. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Gustav Mahler
Mahler: Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor (sound recording) (1902) — Composer — 223 copies, 12 reviews
Des Knaben Wunderhorn : version for voice and orchestra (sound recording) (1999) 54 copies, 2 reviews
The song of the earth + Songs of a wayfarer + Songs on the death of children [vocal score] (1992) — Composer — 18 copies
The boy’s magic horn + the song of the earth + Songs on the death of children + Songs of a wayfarer [sound recording] (1996) — Composer — 8 copies
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer & 5 Rückert-Lieder / Zemlinsky: Six Songs to Poems by Maurice Maeterlinck [sound recording] (1996) 5 copies
Symphony no. 1, in D major, with newly discovered "Blumine" movement, from the version of 1893 [sound recording] (1993) 5 copies
Mahler: 150th Anniversary Box 4 copies
Mahler : Funeral Rites + Strauss : Thus spoke Zarathustra {sound recording} {1996 Boulez/Chicago Symphony} (1996) — Composer — 4 copies
Wunderhorn songs; fourteen songs to texts from Youth's magic horn, for LOW voice and piano (Schirmer no.2768) (1968) 4 copies
Diepenbrock : Im großen Schweigen + Mahler : Symphony no.7 {sound recording} (1994) — Composer — 4 copies
Eulenburg Audio+Score : Mahler : Symphony no.5 [score : study + sound recording] (2011) — Composer — 4 copies
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' + Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 [sound recording] — Composer — 3 copies
Brahms : Variations on a theme by Haydn + Mahler : Symphony no.1 [sound recording] — Composer — 3 copies
The song of the earth {version for chamber orchestra} [sound recording] (1994) — Composer — 2 copies
The song of the earth + Rosamunde Overture + Symphony No.4 in G + Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor : IV: Adagietto [sound recording] (2006) — Composer — 2 copies
Symphony No.1 in D major (“Titan”) 2 copies
Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen 2 copies
Segovia - Canciones Populares 2 copies
Mahler: Symphony No 9 (2008 Rattle) 2 copies
Das klagende Lied, Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Rückert-Lieder [sound recording] (2003) — Composer — 2 copies
Mahler: Symphonien 1-4 2 copies
Mahler's Songs of Youth 2 copies
Mahler: Grand Music (Modern Vol. 8) 2 copies
Mahler : Songs on the death of children + Symphony no.7 {sound recording} {1992 Sinopoli/Philharmonia} (1992) — Composer — 2 copies, 1 review
Das Lied von Der Erde [us,rm] 2 copies
Mahler/Berio : Des Knaben Wunderhorn : Fünf frühe Lieder {extracts} + Sechs frühe Lieder {extracts} + Strauss : Orchesterlieder {sound recording} {1992… (1992) — Composer — 2 copies
Kindertotenlieder / Rückert-Lieder / Das Lied von der Erde [sound recording] (2004) — Composer — 2 copies
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 2 copies
Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) for Voice and Orchestra (Miniature Score) (1961) 2 copies
Symphony no. 4 [lp] 2 copies
Time Life Great Men of Music: Gustav Mahler — Composer — 2 copies
Resurrection 2 copies
The song of the earth [catch-all] 2 copies
Mahler : Symphony no.4 in G major + Schoenberg : Pelleas & Melisande [video recording] 2 copies, 1 review
Mahler Symphonies 1&4 2 copies
Stephanie Blythe - Brahms 'Alt-Rhapsody' · Wagner 'Wesendonck-Lieder' · Mahler 'Der Abschied' (2004) 2 copies
La canción de la Tierra 2 copies
Wunderhorn Songs Fourteen Songs to Texts from 'Youth's Magic Horn' for Voice and Piano (1968) 2 copies
Mahler : Symphony no.7 {sound recording} {1984 Abbado/Chicago Symphony} (1984) — Composer — 2 copies, 1 review
The song of the earth : The farewell [piano score] — Composer — 2 copies
Mahler & Wagner Symphony 2 copies
Mahler : Songs on the death of children + Symphony no.7 {sound recording} {Ozawa/Boston Symphony} (2004) — Composer — 2 copies
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan" (CBS Great Performances) — Composer — 2 copies
Mahler : Song of the earth + Songs + Symphony no.2 + 4 + 7 + 9 {sound recording} (1961) — Composer — 2 copies
Brahms : Alto Rhapsody, Op.53 + Mahler : The song of the earth [sound recording] (2004) — Composer — 2 copies
Knaben Wunderhorn 1 copy
Ninth symphony 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony no.1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 : Adagio {sound recording} {Gergiev/LSO} (2012) — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 10 / Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra (1979) 1 copy
Symphony No. 4 1 copy
Das klagende Lied 1 copy
Das Lied von der Erde [rm] 1 copy
G Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (I Cotrubas, C Ludwig, Z Mehta-Wiener Philharmoniker & Staatsopernchor) 1 copy
Symphonie Nr. 4 für Sopran-Solo und Orchester = Symphony no. 4 for soprano solo and orchestra 1 copy
Das Lied von Der Erde [sacd] 1 copy
9 Sympnonie 2 Disc Boxed Set 1 copy
Symphonie IX Revised version 1 copy
G Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (K Ferrier, J Vincent, O Klemperer-Concertgebouw Orchestra) [24-88] 1 copy
Sym No 5 1 copy
Symphonies 1 copy
24 Songs for Voice and Piano 1 copy
Symphony No. 2 1 copy
G Mahler - Kindertotenlieder & Symphony No. 10 Adagio (J Baker, L Bernstein-IPO, L Bernstein-NYP) 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony no.7 {sound recording} {1982 Masur/Gewandhausorchester} (1982) — Composer — 1 copy, 1 review
BBC 41292 - G Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (J Baker, L Spiess, R Kempe-BBC Symphony Orchestra) 1 copy
Symphony No. 1 in D: 1 - Langsam, schleppend [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Symphonie Nr. 1 (full score) 1 copy
Zemlinsky Lieder / Gardiner 1 copy
Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen [Mahler Complete] — Composer — 1 copy
Symphonie IV 1 copy
G Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (MN Lemieux, A Staples, FX Roth-Les Siècles) (2026) [Hi-Res] 1 copy
BBC Proms 2021 : Prom 43 : Mahler’s 5th Symphony conducted by Mark Wigglesworth [sound recording] (2021) — Composer — 1 copy
The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time: "Mahler: Symphony No. 8 / Solti"; Record #99A&B and 100A&B 1 copy
The Instruments of Classical Music: Complete Collection [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Brahms: Alt-Rhapsodie / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder & Liebestod (from "Tristan und Isolde") / Mahler: 5 Lieder / Beethoven: Abscheulicher! (from "Fidelio") — Composer — 1 copy
Haydn : Symphony no.88 in G major (Hoboken I/88) + Mahler : The song of the earth [sound recording] (Hoboken I/88) — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler: Lieder 1 copy
Mahler: Symphony No.6 [SACD] 1 copy
BBC Proms 2002 : Prom 30 : Rattle and the NYO play Mahler’s Eighth [video recording] (2002) — Composer — 1 copy
BBC Proms 2014 : Prom 40 : Bernard Haitink and the London Symphony Orchestra [programme] (2014) — Composer — 1 copy
BBC Proms 2019 : Prom 33 : Mahler, Schubert and Glanert [sound recording] (2019) — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler : Funeral rites + Symphonic Prelude + Strauss : Thus spoke Zarathustra {sound recording} {2016 Jurowski} (2016) — Composer — 1 copy
Berlioz : Summer nights, Op.7 + Mahler : Ruckert-Lieder + Puccini : Madama Butterfly {Act 2 excerpts} [sound recording] (1966) — Composer — 1 copy
Berlioz : Summer nights, Op.7 + Mahler : Ruckert-Lieder + Wagner : Wesendonk Lieder [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler Symphonies 4 et 5 1 copy
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 1 copy
Bruckner : Symphony no.7 + Mahler : The song of the earth [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Achte Symphonie 1 copy
Beethoven : Symphony no.5 in C minor, op.67 + Mahler : Symphony no.3 + Symphony no.4 [sound recording] {Szenkár} (2004) — Composer — 1 copy
Das Lied von Der Erde [z] 1 copy
The best of Mahler 1 copy
Symphony no. 1 : "Titan" 1 copy
The song of the earth 1 copy
Symphony no. 3 [lp] 1 copy
Bruckner : Symphony No.1 + Symphony no.4 + Symphony No.6 + Mahler : Symphonie no.9 {sound recording} — Composer — 1 copy
A Canção da Terra 1 copy
Mahler Songs 1 copy
Piano Quartet 1 copy
Symphonie Nr. 2 (full score) 1 copy
Urlicht 1 copy
Kindertotenlieder ; Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert ; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen 1 copy
Symphonie Nr.1 "Der Titan" 1 copy
Symphonie VII 1 copy
Symphony no. 1 [us] 1 copy
Mahler - Symphony 5 1 copy
Levine conducts Mahler — Composer — 1 copy
Leider 1 copy
Symphony No. 3, New Music 1 copy
Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 [z] 1 copy
Symphonie No. 1 1 copy
Mahler Songs - Album 2 1 copy
The song of the earth + Symphony no.1 in D major [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler : The song of the eath + Mendelssohn : The beautiful Melusine Overture in F major, Op.32 [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Stephanie Blythe - Brahms 'Alt-Rhapsody' · Wagner 'Wesendonck-Lieder' · Mahler 'Der Abschied' (2004) 1 copy
Songs of a Wayfarer 1 copy
Kindertotenlieder. 1 copy
Seven Last Songs 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony no.4 in G major + Mozart : Don Giovanni : Overture [sound recording] (2008) — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler : Songs on the death of children + Songs of a wayfarer + Symphony no'1 + 2 + 3+ 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + Symphony no.10 : Adagio {sound recording} — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony no.9 + Mendelssohn : Piano concerto no.1 in G minor, Op.25 [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Briefe 1879 - 1911 1 copy
Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn The Youth's Magic Horn Le Cor Magique Songs for a Solo Voice with orchestra 2 vols. (1924) 1 copy
Nun will die Sonn'so hell aufgehn from Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) 1 copy, 1 review
Nun seh ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen from Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) 1 copy, 1 review
The Youth's Magic Horn 1 copy
The song of the earth + Symphony no.10 [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Symphonie n° 8, en mi bémol majeur "des Mille' [Mahler] ; Roméo et Juliette, extraits [Berlioz] (2000) 1 copy
A Recital of Mahler Songs 1 copy
Mahler Symphonies 1 & 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)/Klaus Tennstedt, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra (2006) 1 copy
Mahler: Song Cycles 1 copy
Oft denk ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen from Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) 1 copy, 1 review
Beethoven : Piano concerto no.1 in C major, op.15 + Mahler Symphony No. 1 [video recording] 1 copy, 1 review
Mahler : Symphony no.7 + Symphony no.8 {sound recording} {Bernstein} — Composer — 1 copy
Songs of Youth [CD] 1 copy
Gustav Mahler: Lieder 1 copy
Rheinlegendchen 1 copy
Mahler : The song of the earth : Farewell + Offenbach : la belle helene {end} [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler : Songs on the death of children + Symphony nr.4 [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
The Ruckert Lieder 1 copy
Symphony No. 9. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll. Strauss: Metamorphosen/Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra 1 copy, 1 review
The Great Composers 20 1 copy
Mahler Book 1st Trumpet 1 copy
Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert // Christa Ludwig, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan 1 copy
Blumine: Symphonic Movement 1 copy
Rucket Lieder 1 copy
Symphonic Movements 1 copy
Wer hat dies Liedel erdacht? 1 copy
Zehnte Symphonie 1 copy
Symphonie Nr. 2 c-moll [Arrang. f. Klavier zu vier Händen v. Bruno Walter] // Nakazawa, Athavale 1 copy
Symphonie Nr. 10: für großes Orchester. op. posth.. Orchester. Studienpartitur. (Musik unserer Zeit) (2015) 1 copy
Mahler: 'Titan' Symphony No. 1 — Composer — 1 copy
Trost im Ungluck 1 copy
Mahler: Symphony no.4 in G major + Symphony no.10 in F Sharp minor : Adagio [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus from Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) 1 copy, 1 review
マーラー 交響曲第7番 (改訂版) 1 copy
Mahler : String quartet no.7 + Symphony no.2 + Symphony no.7 {sound recording} {Klemperer} (1968) — Composer — 1 copy
Einsamkeit: Songs by Mahler 1 copy
Mahler Symphony No.9 / Adagio From Symphony No.10. (Utah Symphony Orchestra/ Maurice Abravanel. Lic 1 copy
Mahler : Songs on the death of children + Strauss : Death and transfiguration {sound recording} (1979) — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony No. 4; Lieder — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler Plays Mahler 1 copy
Symphony No. 5 - Score 1 copy
Das klagende Lied [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler;Symphony No.2 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony No. 6; Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony no.4 + Symphony no.7 {video recording} {Haitink/Berliner Philharmoniker} — Composer — 1 copy
Early songs/Last Songs 1 copy
Symphony No.1 in D Major 1 copy
Songs + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 & 9 + The song of the earth [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Das Lied Con Der Erde 1 copy
Sinfonia n. 9 in re maggiore 1 copy
Mahler, Symphony # Four G. — Composer — 1 copy
Sinfonía nº 5 1 copy
Symphonie N° 1 "Titan" 1 copy
Rückert Lieder 1 copy
Songs 1 copy
Orchestral song cycles 1 copy
Blumine 1 copy
Sinfonía no. 1 "Titán" 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony no.4 in G major + Strauss : Burleske [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Das Klagende Lied 1 copy
TITAN Symphony no1 — Composer — 1 copy
Recuerdos y cartas 1 copy
The Cleveland Sound 1 copy
Selected Orchestral Songs 1 copy
Songs With Orchestra: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Rückert-Lieder / Des Knaben Wunderhorn [sound recording] (2010) — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler: Symphony No. 2- Resurrection / Debussy: La Mer- (3) Symphonic Sketches, L. 109 (2004) 1 copy
Els Concerts dels Diumenges 12. Mahler. Sinfonía nº 1, en Re Mayor, "Titán". — Composer — 1 copy, 1 review
Symphony No. 9 — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler : Boy's magic horn : 4 songs + Symphony no.7 {sound recording} {Solti/Chicago Symphony} — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler:symphonies 2 4 7 & 9 1 copy
Mahler: Symphony No. 6, Berg 1 copy
Tenth Symphony (A performing version of the draft for the Tenth Symphony), prepared by Deryck Cooke) 1 copy
Música Clásica=CD= 1 copy
Symphony no. 2 [lp] 1 copy
Associated Works
Bach: Transcriptions — Transcription — 5 copies
Classic FM: Music from the masters [sound recording] — Composer — 3 copies
Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Rafael Kubelik — Composer — 2 copies
Mahler: The Song of the Earth + Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 + Schubert: Symphony in B m, no. 8, D.759 [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Classical Discoveries II [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1860-07-07
- Date of death
- 1911-05-18
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Vienna Conservatoire
University of Vienna - Occupations
- composer
conductor - Relationships
- Mahler-Werfel, Alma (wife)
Bauer-Lechner, Natalie (friend)
Berliner, Arnold (friend) - Nationality
- Austria
- Birthplace
- Kaliště, Bohemia
- Places of residence
- Hamburg, Germany
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- Vienna, Austria
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- Grinzing Cemetery, near Vienna, Austria
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Symphony No. 9. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll. Strauss: Metamorphosen/Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra by Gustav Mahler
Klemperer's performances were notable above all for their heroic dimensions and his architectural grasp. The detail revealed by his unfailingly lucid textures (predominent woodwind was a feature of his style) was always subject to his conception of a work as a whole. Yet this does justice only to the apollonian aspect of an unusually complex musical temperament. Until his later years, when his tempos became increasingly slow, his performances were also distinguished by a power and intensity show more that always remained subject to his grasp of structure. His outstanding achievement was to reveal the full extent of Mahler's genius, by rescuing his music from the rather sentimental style of interpretation that had been widely accepted. show less
Walter did three commercial recordings of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, of which the second, with the tenor Julius Patzak, the contralto Kathleen Ferrier, and the Vienna Philharmonic, is generally regarded as the best. Ferrier was dying of cancer when this performance was taped in Vienna's Musikvereinsaal, and her singing of the concluding Abschied is harrowing in its contained intensity.
What can one say after reading the definitive review by USYDArtsMusicLibrary - perhaps one could say that they are lovely songs.
Next to Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, the very best.
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