Legacy
Donald Macleod appraises Mahler's American legacy as US-based conductors built on his work with the New York Philharmonic, championing his cause and helping his music's popularity.
Donald Macleod appraises Mahler's legacy in the US as, following his untimely death, a whole series of American-based conductors built on his work with the New York Philharmonic, championed his cause and began to channel his music towards its popularity today.
Das irdische Leben (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Sony Classical SM2K 47 576 CD2 - Tr 10
Symphony No 6 (1st mvt)
New York Philharmonic
Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)
NYP 9807/08 CD 6 - Tr 1
Symphony No 3 (5th, 6th mvts)
Pacific Boychoir
San Francisco Girls' Chorus
Women of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
San Francisco Symphony 821936-003-2 CD 2 - Tr 2.
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