Composer of the Week - Gustav Mahler - 1909-1910

Donald Macleod explores Mahler's life in New York City, a hustling and bustling metropolis that even presented him with women's suffrage marches outside his hotel apartment window. Despite a successful second season conducting the New York Philharmonic, misfortune struck again when Mahler discovered his wife was conducting an affair with the young German architect Walter Gropius. Symphony No 1 (2nd, 3rd mvts) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Georg Solti (conductor) Decca 475 8230 Trs 2, 3 Hurrah for Woman Suffrage! (words: Nettie Metcalf); Dixie (tune: Daniel Decateur Emmett) The Homespun Singers Miriam Reed Productions - Tr 1 In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus (Kindertotenlieder) Stephen Genz (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) Hyperion CDA67392 - Tr 21 Symphony No 10 (excerpt) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) DG 447 023-2 CD 12 - Trs 9-13.