History Symphony No. 9

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Composed

Performances by Gustav Mahler

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The work was premiered on 26-06-1912, at the Vienna Festival by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter (1876-1962)

Versions

Publication

Symphony No. 9, Universal Edition (UE) music publishers.

Historical recordings

  1. Bruno Walter (1876-1962) with the Vienna Philharmonic, 1938.
  2. Hermann Scherchen with the Vienna Symphony, 1950.
  3. Jascha Horenstein with the Vienna Symphony, 1952.
  4. Paul Kletzki with the Israel Philharmonic, 1954.
  5. Hans Rosbaud with the Südwestfunk Symphonie Orchester, Baden-Baden, 1957.
  6. Dmitri Mitropoulos with the New York Philharmonic, 1960.
  7. Leopold Ludwig and the London Symphony Orchestra, 1960.
  8. Dmitri Mitropoulos with the Vienna Philharmonic, 1960.
  9. Bruno Walter (1876-1962) with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, 1960.
  10. John Barbirolli (1899-1970) with the Berlin Philharmonic, 1964.
  11. Kirill Kondrashin with the Moscow State Philharmonic, 1964.
  12. Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) with the New York Philharmonic, 1965.
  13. Jascha Horenstein with the London Symphony Orchestra, 04-1966.
  14. Jascha Horenstein with the London Symphony Orchestra, 09-1966.
  15. Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 1984:

      

Record of the year orchestral award 1984.

History Symphony No. 9

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Also in (1909) Symphony No. 9 in D

(1909) Symphony No. 9 in D

Listening Guide – Symphony No. 9

By Lew Smoley

(1909) Symphony No. 9 in D

Orchestration Symphony No. 9

Woodwind 1 Bass clarinet Bb. 4 Bassoon. Solo in Movement 3: Rondo-Burleske:

(1909) Symphony No. 9 in D

Movement 4: Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zuruckhaltend

The final movement, marked zurückhaltend (“very slowly and held back”; literally, “reservedly”),

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