Mahler: The Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs

CD1: 1-4 Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1888 / 1896 ■ Notes: Composition written: Leipzig, Germany (1888). ■ Composition revised: Germany (1896). 5-8 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra) ■ Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1883-1896; Germany CD2: Symphony No. 3 in D minor ■ Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Boys Chorus, New York Philharmonic ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1893-1896; Hamburg, Germany CD3: 1-3 Symphony No. 3 in D minor ■ Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Boys Chorus, New York Philharmonic ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1893-1896; Hamburg, Germany 4 Symphony No. 2 in C minor ("Resurrection") ■ Performer: Barbara Hendricks (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1888 / 1896; Germany CD4: Symphony No. 2 in C minor ("Resurrection") ■ Performer: Barbara Hendricks (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1888 / 1896; Germany CD5: Symphony No. 4 in G major ■ Performer: Helmut Wittek (Boy Soprano) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1892-1900; Vienna, Austria CD6: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, song cycle (12) for voice & piano (or orchestra) ■ Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano), Andreas Schmidt (Baritone) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1892-1898; Hamburg, Germany CD7: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria CD8: Symphony No. 6 in A minor ("Tragic") ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1904 / 1906; Austria CD9: 1 Symphony No. 6 in A minor ("Tragic") ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1904 / 1906; Austria 2-6 Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra) ■ Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1901-1904; Vienna, Austria CD10: Symphony No. 7 in E minor ("Song of the Night") ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Philharmonic ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1904-1905; Vienna, Austria CD11: 1 Symphony No. 7 in E minor ("Song of the Night") ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Philharmonic ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1904-1905; Vienna, Austria 2-6 Rückert Lieder, song collection for voice & piano (or orchestra) ■ Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria CD12: 1 Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor (incomplete) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1910; Austria ■ Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 2-9 Symphony No. 8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand") ■ Performer: Gerti Zeumer (Soprano), Judith Blegen (Soprano), Agnes Baltsa (Alto), Margaret Price (Soprano), Kenneth Riegel (Tenor), Hermann Prey (Baritone), Rudolf Scholz (Organ), Trudeliese Schmidt (Alto), José Van Dam (Bass) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Singverein, Vienna State Opera Chorus ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1906; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1975 ■ Venue: Live Salzburg, Austria ■ Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. CD13: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand") ■ Performer: Gerti Zeumer (Soprano), Judith Blegen (Soprano), Agnes Baltsa (Alto), Margaret Price (Soprano), Kenneth Riegel (Tenor), Hermann Prey (Baritone), Rudolf Scholz (Organ), Trudeliese Schmidt (Alto), José Van Dam (Bass) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Singverein, Vienna State Opera Chorus ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1906; Vienna, Austria ■ Date of Recording: 1975 ■ Venue: Live Salzburg, Austria ■ Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. CD14: Das Lied von der Erde, for alto (or baritone), tenor & orchestra ■ Performer: James King (Tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone) ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1908-1909; Vienna, Austria ■ Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. CD15: Symphony No. 9 in D major ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1908-1909; Austria CD16: Symphony No. 9 in D major ■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein ■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1908-1909; Austria