Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor

Featuring

Bernard Haitink
Gerhild Romberger
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Augsburger Domsingknaben
Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Gustav Mahler

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Composition History

Mahler's Symphony No. 3 was mainly composed during the summers of 1895/1896 in Steinbach on the Attersee, Austria.

Performer Biography

The Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) was ranked among the ten best orchestras in the world by Gramophone magazine in 2008.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mahler intended his Third Symphony to represent nothing less than "the world, nature as a whole," structured in stages from inanimate matter to plants, animals, humans, and God.

Critical Reception

The premiere of Mahler's Third Symphony in Krefeld was a public success, but critics were divided, with one reviewer suggesting the composer deserved prison for it.

Performer Biography

Bernard Haitink, the conductor on this album, has an international career spanning six decades and has held principal conducting positions with major orchestras like the Concertgebouw Orchestra and London Philharmonic.

Compositional Technique

Mahler's Third Symphony is unique among his works for its six-movement structure, which he believed was determined by the "ever-new, ever-changing content" of the music.