Symphonie No.6 - Gustav Mahler 'James Levine - 1977'

Composition Year: 1903-04
First Performance: 1906-05-26 in Essen, Saalbau Essen Philharmonic, Gustav Mahler (conductor)
Recorded: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, 1977
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Performers:
London Symphony Orchestra
James Levine - Conductor
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00:01 I. Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig.
22:37 II. Andante moderato
36:18 III. Scherzo: Wuchtig
51:23 IV. Finale: Sostenuto - Allegro moderato - Allegro energico
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Work:
The Symphony No. 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler is a symphony in four movements, composed in 1903 and 1904, with revisions from 1906. It is sometimes nicknamed the Tragic ("Tragische"), though the origin of the name is unclear.
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Introduction
Mahler conducted the work's first performance at the Saalbau concert hall in Essen on 27 May 1906. Mahler composed the symphony at an exceptionally happy time in his life, as he had married Alma Schindler in 1902, and during the course of the work's composition his second daughter was born. This contrasts with the tragic, even nihilistic, ending of No. 6. Both Alban Berg and Anton Webern praised the work when they first heard it. In a 1908 letter to Webern, Berg said in his opinion there was just one "sixth symphony", despite that of Beethoven.
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Gustav Mahler Foundation: https://de.mahlerfoundation.org/
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ATTRIBUTION
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