Mariss Jansons conducts Gustav Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (12CDs, Br-Klassik)

In this complete edition compiled by BR-KLASSIK, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of its longtime principal conductor Mariss Jansons, explores Mahler’s symphonic œuvre. The complete recording of Mahler’s impressive symphonies is complemented Symphonies is supplemented by revealing rehearsal recordings and interesting interviews. In his nine symphonies, Gustav Mahler built up an entire worldview for himself and his listeners. Like hardly any other composer, he tried in his symphonic works to get to the bottom of the cycle of life, that eternal cycle of becoming and passing away. Which Complete work would be better suited to express the qualities of a conductor and the unique sound ideal of a leading orchestra of our time? What fascinated and moved him about Mahler’s music throughout his life, Mariss Jansons was able to put into simple and clear words: it is always about the whole and contains everything that exists in the world at all exists in the world.