Recorded during two sold-out performances in May of 2025 at the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam, this new album captures Klaus Mäkelä leading the Concertgebouw Orchestra, joined by five choirs – the Choeur de l’Orchestre de Paris, Netherlands Radio Choir, Laurens Symfonisch, and the Dutch National Children’s and Boys’ Choirs – and soloists Hailey Clark, Golda Schultz, Miriam Kutrowatz, Jennifer Johnston, Okka von der Damerau, Giorgio Berrugi, Michael Nagy, and Tareq Nazmi in the “Symphony of a Thousand.” Gustav Mahler’s close connection with the Concertgebouw Orchestra began in 1903, when chief conductor Willem Mengelberg invited him to conduct his Third Symphony in Amsterdam. The composer and conductor returned several times in the ensuing years. Since then, the orchestra has become internationally renowned for its performances of Mahler’s music, a tradition continued by each of Mengelberg’s successors: Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly, Mariss Jansons and Daniele Gatti. As the Concertgebouw’s chief conductor designate, Klaus Mäkelä is carrying on this rich Mahler tradition.