Gustav Mahler: The Mahler Symphonies - An Owner's Manual: Reference Books:

Gustav Mahler's Symphony Nr. 10 is the last and only unfinished symphony in his complete oeuvre. On 5 September 1910 Mahler wrote his last notes: exactly 100 years later, the 23-year-old conductor and composer Yoel Gamzou presented with great success his new reconstruction of this extraordinary work. The World Première with the International Mahler Orchestra took place at the Ryckestrasse synagogue in Berlin as part of the Jewish Cultural Days 2010. / Partition D'Etude

Gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony unlocked for flexible ensemble-This album for flexible Wind Ensemble contains all four movements from Gustav Mahler's 1st symphony condensed and abbreviated into four delightful miniatures by Mark Goddard. Highly playable and enormous fun. These arrangements retain the essence of the great work yet are easy to play and concise. This Woodwind Pack optionally combines with parts for Brass (SP1312) and Strings (SP1313).

Over the years, the need for a new edition of Mahler's Symphony #2 became apparent for several reasons. First, many new sources for this work have become accessible since 1970, when Erwin Ratz completed the first critical edition of this symphony, the most significant being Mahler's personal reference score in which he recorded changes to be made (his last entries were made in September 1910). The second reason was the significant strengthening of the editorial standards of the critical edition in recent years. The music is now computer-generated. Previously, changes to the score could be made only by retouching the film of old engravings. Computerizationalso ensures a concurrence between the score and performance materials. Editorially, the new edition benefits from expanded texts that describe and assess the source materials, document and explain the editors' decisions and provide detailed information on the work's origin, the history of the published scores, performance practices, etc. Over the past five years, Renare Stark-Voit and Gilbert Kaplan, editors of the new edition of Symphony #2, have identified, evaluated and analyzed every significant source, and as a result of their work a substantial number of errors have been corrected. (Reinhold Kubik, taken from the preliminary note) Oh believe, my heart, oh believe:Nothing is lost with thee!Thine is what thou hast desired,What thou hast loved, what thou hast fought for!(Gustav Mahler in the Finale of Symphony #2) / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

 Cette transcription de la Symphonie TITAN de Gustav Mahler a été réalisée en répondant aux réflexes techniques de l'organiste, C'est dire qu'il ne s'agit pas d'une simple réduction de la partition d'orchestre vers l'orgue, mais bien d'un arrangement pensé pour l'orgue et pour l'organiste, tout en respectant le caractère et les colorations de l'oeuvre originale,Ainsi, certains éléments existants dans la symphonie originale ont pu être retirés et d'autres ajoutés, ou réécrits et on se gardera surtout d'imiter l'orchestre, que ce soit par les phrasés, les tempi, et par la registration,Il faut jouer cette transcription comme un oeuvre pour orgue, écrite pour l'orgue dès le départ, - 1- Langsam, Schleppend_Immer sehr gemächlich, (18')- 2- Kräftig bewegt (10')- 3- Feierlich und gemessen (12')- 4- Finale, Stürmich bewegt (22') À propos de Paul Sterne The Mahler Organ Project / Orgue

Symphonie der Tausend. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. All my earlier symphonies are mere preludes to this one. In the other works everything is subjective tragedy, - this one is a huge giver of joy.' (Gustav Mahler) Gustav Mahler's 'Symphony No. 8' is a work of exceptions. Seen from the outside, this is true of the forces that are used: with its three choirs, eight soloists and an orchestra of far more than one hundred musicians, there are few similar works in the annals of music. This cast of performers determines the second exceptional element of the work, the mix of instrumental and vocal characteristics that makes it to the prototype of a 'vocal symphony', which - as Mahler put it - 'is sung from beginning to end'. In turn, the texts that are sung influence the structure of the whole, replacing, as it were, the usual four movements of a symphony with two strongly divergent 'parts'. And, finally, as if to emphasize this divergence, the texts used - the hymn 'Veni creator spiritus' in the first part and the final scene of Goethe's Faust in the second - are not only written in two languages but also separated in their origins by more than one thousand years. Thus it is a work of extremes, and a work of contradiction. It seems, however, that it was exactly these distinctive features that lifted the symphony above the others and convinced Mahler that his 'Symphony No. 8' was 'the greatest' work 'that I have composed'./ Répertoire / Chœur Mixte [SATB] et Orchestre

Gustav Mahler's symphonies tend to be scored for a large orchestra putting this wonderful music out of reach of many smaller orchestras. This arrangement whilst not simplifying the music attempts to remedy this by reducing the orchestral requirements. The original orchestration requires 3 flutes 3 oboes 3 clarinets 3 bassoons 7 horns 4 trumpets 3 trombones tuba timpani percussion and strings. Although in many of Mahler's symphonies each movement seems to be an integral part of the larger work we feel that this movement can stand alone quite happily and offers a good entry to the symphonic world of Gustav Mahler.

5 Selected Songs. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. The only known chamber music by Gustav Mahler is a movement for piano quartet from his student days at the Conservatorium in Vienna (1875-1878). The present new arrangements by Ronald Kornfeil go some way to addressing this gap while they also enrich the repertoire with pieces that are very interesting and demanding in their own right. The composer's rich song output includes his Wunderhorn songs, the Songs of a Wayfarer, the Rückert songs, the Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) as well as movements from his symphonies and the Song of the Earth. This book includes a selection of pieces that best suit the sound of the flute while providing plenty of variety. The arrangements transform Mahler's songs from their original conception for voice and piano or orchestral accompaniment into a purely instrumental dialogue between two equally important instrumentalists. In most cases the colourful orchestral versions provide the starting point. The omission of the text also demands different compositional techniques to bring out the various effects between indulgent sweetness and grotesque irony. The internationally acclaimed flautist, Emmanuel Pahud presents further publications in this new series bringing together selected pieces from the repertoire of famous flautists./ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Piano

This glorious volume contains the first five symphonies by Czech composer Gustav Mahler. These have been wonderfully arranged for Horn by Olaf Klamand. This book forms part of the Orchester Studien series which brings together fantastic repertoire pieces that also function as a valuable training resource this is a superb addition to any Horn player. Mahler was the late Romantic period’s great thinker using his tone poems and character pieces worked and reworked he infuses sentiment and passion into his work.

Gustav Mahler est sans doute le plus important compositeur du romantisme tardif. Des élans agités voire quasi névrotiques associés à des mélodies magnifiques et à des chorals grandioses rendent ses symphonies riches en émotions. Cet « adagio » extrait de sa 3e symphonie et arrangé de main de maître par Georges Moreau en est l?exemple parfait.