From a vast and mysterious opera rehearsal stage (Gustav Mahler's "home away from home" for much of his life), San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) introduces us to ...

After both pieces, the hall leapt up in well-deserved adulation. Schwarz shone throughout the concert’s second half, devoted to a glorious performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major.

For years the late Gary Bertini’s 1984-91 Cologne Radio Mahler cycle had a shadowy catalogue existence, marked by limited availability and the frequent deletion of individual volumes not long after ...