Although a valedictory mood underpins it, Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 offers above all a profound meditation on the fate of humanity and a sense of the composer’s immense love of life. Sustained by the commitment and excellence of Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, this recording reveals the formal, technical and orchestral modernity of a work that was to exert a genuine fascination on the Viennese composers of the following generation.
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 – Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding
