Composer of the Week - Gustav Mahler - Legacy

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.