The world premiere of the Eighth Symphony of Gustav
Mahler (1860 – 1911) on 12 September 1910 in Munich
under the composer’s own direction was a triumph.
As never before, the star conductor was also acknowledged
by the public as a composer. The work had been
composed four years prior to the premiere. “It is the largest
that I have done so far. And so individual in content
and form that one cannot write about it,” the director of
the Vienna Court Opera reported in August 1906.
OehmsClassics presents the SACD as a live recording
of the concerts performed at the Cologne Philharmonie
in September 2011.