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The strings brought gleaming tone to their long phrases, the cellos particularly gorgeous in tone and deeply felt in phrasing, and New built each restatement to glorious and emotional crushing climax. 

Conductor Emeritus Zubin Mehta leads The Los Angeles Philharmonic in an unforgettable reading of Mahler's massive symphony, played with incredible virtuosity and led with remarkable assurance.

The Royal Academy of Music marks its 200th anniversary with Mahler's all-embracing Third Symphony, a work that fills both the evening and the concert platform.

Kent Nagano brings Mahler's former Hamburg orchestra out of the opera house and into the concert hall for the composer's symphonic hymn to life.

A memorable performance of Mahler's epic Third Symphony at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.

Gustav Mahler once said that a symphony makes a world. This first concert at the newly-restored Tonhalle was evidence of just that.

Pietari Inkinen conducts the Prague Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's monumental Third Symphony. 

Mahler for beginners? Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra provide exemplary clarity and understanding of structure, but don't hit one in the chest in the way the Third can.

Playing Mahler’s Third Symphony was also meant to be an homage to Leonard Bernstein, one of the great interpreters of Mahler’s music, born 100 years ago this week.

Michael Tilson Thomas, Sasha Cooke, and choristers from the Pacific Boychoir and San Francisco Chorus come together in a phenomenal performance of Mahler's all-encompassing Third Symphony. 

A stellar performance of Mahler’s cosmic Third symphony reinforces the reputation of Katowice as a bone fide member of the premier European music league.

How can you do musical justice to the vast idea of creation? Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester attempt to square the circle in Mahler's epic Third Symphony.

The Filarmonica did not play with the polished sheen for which it is often known, but let the raw power of the music speak on its own terms. The results were utterly captivating.

A superb Mahler 3 from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony, building to an ecstatic finale. 

In a work as complex and multifaceted as Mahler’s Third, plumbing the depths of the music is not a trivial task. Mehta and his orchestra shone in moments but not uniformly across the symphony.

James Levine brings masterful control to Mahler with the Staatskapelle in the Philharmonie.

What you will find in Mahler's Third is music which resonates with every part of your life. Esa-Pekka Salonen proves an indefatigable and sure-footed guide.

Juanjo Mena begins the final year of his stint with the BBC Philharmonic with a warm interpretation of Mahler's Third Symphony.

Nietzsche's Midnight Song is the stillest piece of music in all Mahler, and Treviño’s poise and Larsson’s rich voice cast a powerful and profound spell.

The RSNO’s Mahler 3 is jubilant, life-affirming and memorable under the conductor Peter Oundjian. 

A night of interesting contrasts and slight imbalances with Mahler's Third Symphony played by the Kungliga Hovkapellet (Royal Swedish Orchestra) and soloist Bernarda Fink under the baton of Lawrence Renes.

Spine-tingling moments in the Toronto Symphony's Mahler Three under Peter Oundjian. 

Bernard Haitink doesn't disappoint in a mature, considered reading of Mahler's epic Third Symphony. 

A life-affirming account of Mahler Symphony no.3 with strong input from mezzo Imelda Drumm, the Ladies of the RTE Philharmonic Choir and Cór na nÓg. 

And well should the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra celebrate too, if this concert is any indication of the quality of music-making to come.

A wonderful performance of Mahler's Third Symphony with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, concluding their Barbican residency. 

This was one of those rare musical experiences, where playing strikes up a dialogue with the prevailing zeitgeist to produce something momentous.

On the eve of their European tour, the LA Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel deliver a Mahler Third resplendent in detail and unusual in the clarity of its soundscape.

A powerful and well-paced Mahler 3 from Jakub Hrůša and the Philharmonia, with heartfelt sadness and rich tone from Bernarda Fink.

Truly sublime playing and singing from the massed forces in Barcelona's L'Auditori perfectly showcased Mahler's genius ability to evoke whole worlds.

Big moments, largely conceived, but somewhat lacking in overall unity.

Mezzo-soprano Kelly O’Connor proves herself a sensitive and dark-hued soloist, with fine support from the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.

The Seattle Symphony concludes its fourth season with music director Ludovic Morlot with an intimately detailed account of the most epic of Mahler's symphonies. 

After seven years at the helm, Andris Nelsons gave his last performance with the CBSO at Symphony Hall. His future in Boston is secured, but what of the CBSO?

On home ground, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra played sensationally in Daniele Gatti’s intensely theatrical and impossibly beautiful Mahler 3.

Gilbert and the Gewandhaus gave us a Mahler 3 that was truly the representation of all of creation that the composer strove for. It's a symphony to keep coming back for.

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Alan Gilbert deliver a satisfying account of Mahler's titanic Third Symphony in the Berlin Festival, with a memorable solo from alto Gerhild Romberger.

The New York Philharmonic has a distinguished history in Mahler, as does Bernard Haitink, but this Mahler Third didn't quite work.

Michael Tilson Thomas brings together the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the ladies of the London Symphony Chorus and choristers of St Paul's Cathedral in an astounding performance of Mahler's great Symphony no. 3.

The Cleveland Orchestra opened its 2012/13 Severance Hall season this weekend with an epic performance of Gustav Mahler’s sprawling Symphony no. 3. The orchestra’s Musical Director Franz Welser-Möst conducted, and the Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Zoryana Kushpler made her American debut with these concerts on 20 and 22 September.Mahler’s inspiration for Symphony no.

When Mahler wrote his Third Symphony, you couldn’t accuse him of lack of ambition. As well as making his usual demands for vast orchestral forces, Mahler intended to encapsulate the whole of creation within a single musical work. The result is a six-movement work that is gigantic in scale, especially the first movement, which takes over 40 minutes on its own.

It takes any orchestra plenty of confidence and daring to embark on a single-work programme. There isn’t much chance for redemption should something go amiss. Then again, the length of Mahler’s third symphony and its demands on physical and emotional stamina don’t leave the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Lorin Maazel much choice.

If there would be one piece to show someone asking “who is Mahler?” the third symphony would undoubtedly be my first choice. Though it does not perhaps reach the heights of expressionism of some of his later symphonies, it perfectly exemplifies everything Mahler’s music is about: contrast between emotional extremes, ingenuitive orchestration, and a juxtaposition of the sublime and trivial.

À la Philharmonie de Paris, la phalange alsacienne et son directeur musical ont donné une extraordinaire interprétation de la Troisième Symphonie de Gustav Mahler.

Technisch perfekt führte Robin Ticciati mit den Münchner Philharmonikern Mahlers Dritte Symphonie in Baden-Baden auf. Doch leider kam Mahlers musikalischer Humor etwas zu kurz.

Klaus Mäkelä se présente sur le podium de la Philharmonie avec son autre orchestre, le philharmonique d'Oslo, dans une intense Symphonie nº 3 de Mahler. 

Knapp 200 Musiker*innen beglücken 100 Minuten lang 2000 Konzertbesucher*innen in der Berliner Philharmonie mit Mahlers Dritten.

L'Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg donne à entendre une très inspirée Symphonie nº 3 de Mahler, sous le contrôle attentif de son directeur musical.      

Lorenzo Viotti lässt Mahlers Dritte Symphonie zu einem großen Klangereignis werden.