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Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic's Mahler Nine seemed unaware of what it wanted to be, resulting in a frustratingly directionless, disjointed concert.

Myung-whun Chung and the orchestra provide a compelling account of Mahler's last completed symphony, albeit not one that hits the extremes.

Say what you like, Teodor Currentzis understands the music of Mahler, especially in that composer's final symphonic statement, to the manner born.

Mahler's farewell to the world emerged as a journey through stages of grief in a thrilling performance led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 

The Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel present Mahler’s Ninth Symphony as affirmation of life, rather than neurotic obsession over death. 

The Vienna Philharmonic perform Mahler’s Ninth Symphony at the Barbican, with deep and urgent commitment under Ádám Fischer.

Eighteen years ago Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain took a huge gamble by appointing the youthful local Yannick Néget- Séguin as its Music Director. Now, when the Maestro returns to conduct in his native city, a lovefest ensues.

Works by Alban Berg and Gustav Mahler recently heralded this year’s concert season in Zurich, where Artist in Residence Janine Jansen gave a superb performance. 

Peter Oundjian’s final concert as RSNO’s Music Director sums up his time with the orchestra perfectly. 

Sir Simon Rattle conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in Gustav Mahler’s last completed symphony, the enigmatic Ninth Symphony.  

Music director Franz Welser-Möst returned to conduct a recent work of Johannes Maria Staud that fit remarkably well with Mahler’s final completed symphony.

Supreme virtuosity and serene leadership from Bernard Haitink make for a moving night at the Philharmonie

Esa-Pekka Salonen brought maturity and experience to a searing account of Mahler’s last completed symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra on its best form.

Bernard Haitink conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a deeply moving account of Mahler's Ninth Symphony at the Barbican the day after the tragedy in Manchester.

The final note, marked “esterbend” (dying), possessed breathtaking fragility. Live in the concert hall, one cannot imagine it done better than this.

The multinational Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra proves that adolescence is no barrier to maturity in profound symphonic music making.

Bernard Haitink at the helm of the New York Philharmonic for a Mahler 9 without any sense of routine. 

A Mahler 9 with the Boston Symphony and Andris Nelsons is a testament to an ongoing collaboration which has deepened to the point that orchestra and conductor have become one.

The Israel Philharmonic's take on the work was initially hard to grasp. That was before we reached a glowing rendition of the Adagio, which was a hymn to life and a final farewell rolled into one.

The National Youth Orchestra with Sir Mark Elder at the helm ruminate over nothingness in this mature and moving performance of Mahler's Ninth.

Nikolay Khozyainov charms in a jolly rendition of Mozart's K467 while Gerhard Markson and NSO give a profound rendition of Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

Daniel Harding's daring, risky interpretation of Mahler's monumental Ninth Symphony pays off to give an emotionally draining, intense performance.

The impression left by the closing moments of the Mahler and the silence that followed will remain in the memory of this reviewer for some time to come.

Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia ravishes, but BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Mahler Nine was unsettled as it was unsettling. 

The Hallé ended its season on a high with a magnificent performance of Mahler's Ninth Symphony finding the horn section, in particular, on glorious form.

Nicholas Angelich's Mendelssohn Piano Concerto reaches places that Nézet-Séguin's and the LPO's Mahler Ninth at the Royal Festival Hall rarely touched. 

Amsterdam has an outstanding history for Mahler performances, but this fine Ninth from Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra lived up to all this history.

Perhaps the strongest aspect of Michael Tilson Thomas and Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s rendition of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony was their ability to heighten the piece’s contrasts, offering a vibrant depiction of the symphony’s raw emotional qualities.

So much myth has accreted to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony that it is difficult to know where to begin any more.

With the exception of the St Petersburg Symphony, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is the only one I can recall walking onto a silent, empty, Usher Hall stage en masse. I don't know why this feature should strike me so – perhaps mere schoolteacher overtones. The welcome was warm and sustained until all 115 members were in place for Mahler’s monumental Symphony no.

There are, speaking in broad generalisations, two main ways that Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is performed. One sees it as the composer’s farewell to life, an elegy that celebrates, fears, stands tall, and refuses to go quietly into the good night.

It was announced shortly before tonight's concert that the advertised conductor, the London Philharmonic's Principal Guest Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, was indisposed. In a programme which included Mahler's enormous Symphony no. 9, it was no small thing for Australian conductor Matthew Coorey to take over at short notice.

Rotterdam’s annual Gergiev Festival is a very popular classical festival in The Netherlands and with good reason, their programs are always excellent and the appearance of former chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Valery Gergiev usually attracts big crowds.

Mahler's Ninth Symphony – his last complete work in the genre – was written in 1908-9, against a backdrop of considerable personal tragedy and uncertainty.

En un ansiado retorno a cierta normalidad, la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia interpreta una emotiva y fascinante Novena sinfonía de Mahler frente a todos sus abonados bajo la dirección de Dima Slobodeniouk.

Au Nouveau Siècle, Alexandre Bloch et l'Orchestre National de Lille viennent clôturer avec émotion le cycle Mahler entamé un an plus tôt. 

La Philarmonia y su director, Esa-Pekka Salonen, propusieron un Mahler que se mira a sí mismo a través de nosotros.

Nach einem reichen, erfüllenden Musikeindruck bleiben auch Fragen zur Ausführung und Interpretation zurück.

Quel événement que la venue du légendaire Philharmonique de Vienne à Lyon ! C'est avec une transcendante Neuvième de Mahler que les Viennois renforcent encore davantage leur réputation.

El veterano director húngaro Ádám Fischer, de gira por España con la Sinfónica de Düsseldorf, presentó la significativa y trascendente Novena de Mahler en el Auditorio Nacional.

Das Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra zeigt in Amsterdam eine bewegende Aufführung, in der man sich der Einzigartigkeit eines jeden Augenblicks wehmütig bewusst wird.

El Festival de Santander, en el contexto de una programación diversa, sabiamente diseñada y llena de alicientes de primer orden, ha ofrecido al público español la oportunidad de lujo de disfrutar de la presencia de Sir Simon Rattle y la London Symphony Orchestra con dos programas que serán recordados largo tiempo en su historia.

Die Bamberger Symphoniker spielen unter der Leitung ihres Ehrendirigenten eine fulminante Neunte Symphonie Mahlers.

Sir Simon Rattle zeigt mit einem neuen Werk der schottischen Komponisten Helen Grime und Mahlers Neunten ein breites Programm.

Daniel Harding und das Orchestre de Paris sind diese Woche mit Antoine Tamestit auf Tournee. Jörg Widmann schreibt dem Bratscher 7 verschiedene Standorte vor und wirft mit ausführlichen Regieanweisungen in ein neues Licht die Rolle des Solisten im klassischen Konzert.

El CNDM presentó la cuarta edición de ¡Solo Música! Cinco orquestas dieron vida a las "Nueve Novenas" y Víctor Pablo Pérez acometió la titánica labor de dirigirlas todas. Al piano se presentaron las Sinfonías de Beethoven en transcripción de Liszt y se cerró un día de música para todos con fuegos articiales y música de Handel.

Wie passt denn das von Fabio Luisi gewählte Programm von Weberns Sechs Stücken für großes Orchester und Mahlers Neunter zusammen? Überraschend gut!

Par son irrégularité, son mépris du schéma, sa durée, la 9ème de Mahler est l’une des plus difficiles à interpréter. Malgré un agenda déjà chargé dans le répertoire scénique, l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris et Philippe Jordan ont consenti à sortir de la fosse pour nous la faire entendre dans toute sa splendeur.

Daniel Barenboim macht sich und den Vereinten Nationen im Wiener Konzerthaus ein besonderes Geburtstagsgeschenk.

Myung-Whun Chung a offert à Pleyel une saisissante interprétation de cette symphonie funeste: depuis les tourments du premier mouvement jusqu'à la sérénité finale, l'auditoire est resté sous le choc.