Symphony No 8 Editor’s Pick

The embodiment of the most serious and most sacred artistic will of our time,’ said Thomas Mann after the premiere of the Symphony No. 8 to Gustav Mahler. The impressive Mahler Symphony cycle from the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra continues, with a new recording of the Seventh and it’s famous ‘Night Music’ movements. ‘The Germans and their conductor Jonathan Nott are proving to be a dream team for Mahler, so we’ve been eager to hear the latest installment.’ – David Nice, BBC Music Magazine.