Symphony No. 9 in Full ScorePaperback, 18 March 1993

In this great work, Mahler experimented with the four movement symphonic form, producing a masterpiece of musical innovation, satiric writing and poetic drama expressed in purely instrumental terms. Alban Berg referred to the first movement of the Ninth Symphony as "the most glorious [Mahler] ever wrote", and further observed, "the whole movement is based on a premonition of death which constantly recurs