Symphony No. 9 On Period Instruments

This recording of Mahler's Ninth Symphony is an event, because it was recorded with historical instruments such as the composer used in Vienna. The orchestra of the Mahler Academy has taken on the task of reconstructing these instruments and investigating how musicians from that time played them: "During rehearsals we were impressed by the incredibly characteristic characterization of the woodwinds, the roaring sound of the brass, the perfect balance between the instruments and the pure and warm sound of the strings ... They lifted Mahler's brilliant orchestration to a new level," says Philipp von Steinaecker, artistic director of this ambitious "original sound" project and conductor of this orchestra, which brings together approximately fifty young musicians from the best instrumentalists of the world's leading ensembles (Amsterdams Concertgebouw, Mahler Kamerorkest, Boedapest Festivalorkest, Staatskapelle Dresden, Weens Symfonieorkest, etc.) Together they made this historical recording in Toblach in Italy, where Mahler composed his monumental symphony in 1909, two years before his death.