What does it take to complete a Mahler cycle? Vladimir Jurowski has the answer

The Russian conductor achieved the feat with the London Philharmonic last weekend — and can trace a musical line back to the ...

LPO/Jurowski review – Mahler’s 10th is full of colour, and the composer’s pain, in Barshai’s completion

Rudolf Barshai’s audacious completion of Marhler’s final unfinished symphony slathers on the colour, and its diverse timbral details came over loud and clear thanks to the LPO’s playing and Vladimir J ...
Bachtrack

End of an era: Jurowski and the LPO's Mahler cycle reaches a momentous climax

Retrospection held at bay by the conductor's unusual choice of Rudolf Barshai's completion to Mahler's last symphony.
The Arts Desk

Mahler's Tenth Symphony, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review - overscoring kills a rare completion

Any conductor undertaking a journey through Mahler's symphonies - and Vladimir Jurowski's with the London Philharmonic ...

With Shostakovich, Mahler concerts, Rafael Payare definies ‘San Diego sound’

Upcoming performances of Shostakovich's 8th symphony and Mahler's 7th are ideal vehicles to show off the symphony’s big new ...
Classical Music

Review: Mahler: Songs of Fate (Anna Lucia Richter)

Anna Lucia Richter brings striking depth and expressive insight to the composer’s song-settings, writes Malcolm Hayes ...
The New York Times

On the Trail of Gustav Mahler

KALISTE, CZECH REPUBLIC — I slept very well in the house where Gustav Mahler was born, waking in the morning to the bright sound of chirping birds in the trees outside my window. Once a shop and ...