Artist	Song
Daniel Barenboim	Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto
from Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (2006)
Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra	Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan": II. Kräftig Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell – Trio: Recht Gemächlich – Tempo Primo
from Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (2008)
Michael Tilson Thomas, Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Chorus, Southend Boys' Choir & London Symphony Orchestra	Symphony No.3: V. Lustig Im Tempo Und Keck Im Ausdruck
from The Chorus: Greatest Hits (1996)
London Symphony Orchestra, Corrine Curry & Harold Farberman	Symphony No. 4 In G Major for Soprano and Orchestra: IV. Sehr Behaglich
from Mahler: The Essential Orchestral Works (2009)
Michael Gielen	Adagio
from Kindertotenlieder - Adagio From Symphony No. 10 / Passacaglia Op. 1 - 'Im Sommerwind' (1998)
Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra	Symphony No. 2: III. In Ruhig Fliessender Bewegung
from Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (2009)
New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert	Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: II. Tempo di minuetto. Moderately.
from Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (2009)

Comment:

Often misunderstood during his lifetime, Austrian composer Gustav Mahler wrote late-Romantic music that was by turns moody and magnificent, intimate and epic, anticipating the modernism of the 20th Century. Mahler's work would find its way onto several great movie soundtracks, and that's where many of us enjoyed the first taste of his visionary genius: check out the Fifth Symphony's heartbreaking "Adagietto", used in Death in Venice, and sample the First Symphony, which set the tone for the cult '70s James Caan movie, The Gambler — an inspired choice, in that the comparatively overlooked Mahler picked up a cult following during his lifetime. Discover some highlights from Mahler's final period, in Next Steps.

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