Lovely classics

Masterpieces by Gustav Mahler. Popular classical music.

Representative, Elysion Philharmonic Orchestrasai-kisaragi
Heisei College of Music, Composition Course. Studied composition and conducting under Keizo Ideta, piano under Chinami Kira, and arts management under Takuma Konishi. With a focus on community and music, I work to revitalize my hometown of Saga Prefecture. While performing as a double bassist with wind ensembles and orchestras across Kyushu, I participated on double bass in the “Orchestra Without Borders” orchestra camp of the professional game and anime music ensemble Eminence Orchestra, held in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture in September 2012. During CAPCOM’s Kyushu Tour in 2016, I not only performed as an orchestra member but also served on the production staff. I currently serve as the managing representative for the game and anime performance groups Elysion Philharmonic Orchestra (Saga Prefecture) and Fukuoka Game Music Wind Orchestra (Fukuoka Prefecture), and handle conducting, arranging, and public relations.

We would like to introduce the works of Gustav Mahler, a composer and conductor renowned as a master of symphonies and songs, who was active in Vienna, Austria.

Today, many of Mahler’s works—such as Symphony No.

1 “Titan,” Symphony No.

2 “Resurrection,” and Symphony No.

8 “Symphony of a Thousand”—are frequently performed.

However, in his time, while he achieved great status as a conductor, it is said that it took quite a while for him to be recognized as a composer.

We’ve selected a number of masterpieces that reveal more of Mahler’s charm the more you listen.

Be sure to check them out.

Gustav Mahler’s masterpieces. Popular classical music (41–50)

Symphony No. 3Gustav Mahler

Claudio Abbado Mahler symphony 3

Symphony No. 3Gustav Mahler

It is the longest in duration among Mahler’s symphonies, at about 100 minutes.

This surpasses Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and is recognized by Guinness as the longest symphony in the world.

It consists of six movements and features, in addition to the orchestra, an alto solo, children’s chorus, and women’s chorus.

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In conclusion

How was it? If you’re someone who often listens to orchestral music, you’ve probably heard Mahler’s Symphony No.

1, “Titan,” or the Symphony No.

8, the “Symphony of a Thousand,” but he also left many superb art songs and even a virtually unique chamber work.

All of them are wonderful pieces, and perhaps they’ve changed the image you had of Mahler from the famous works you already knew.

In his day he was highly regarded as a conductor, and he left many noteworthy sayings in that role; his reputation was so great that even Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Tchaikovsky went to hear him.

Although no orchestral recordings survive, there are piano rolls of Mahler himself playing, including arrangements of Symphonies Nos.

4 and 5 and some of his songs—these are must-hears as well.

Mahler’s works have profound depth, and I hope you’ll continue listening to them in the future.