Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 7

Classics Today 10/10: "Indispensable"; International Record Review: outstanding; Music Web International: outstanding.


There could be no greater contrast to Mahler's crushing Sixth Symphony than his surreal “Song of the Night” – the Seventh Symphony. A diffuse, unwieldly score, calling for such musical exotica as a Baritone Horn, Mandoline, Guitar and of course… COW BELLS, Mahler's Seventh is one of the composer's most difficult scores to bring off. Difficult for some, but Maestro Gielen draws out every rich and bizarre detail and presents us with one of the stunning recordings of the Seventh to appear on disc!