Four Ways to Say FarewellLeonard Bernstein introduction Mahler and his Ninth Symphony Sub-Espaol

Gustav Mahler Title: Rehearsal for Mahler, Symphony No. 9 in D major Conductor: Leonard Bernstein Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker Length: 54 minutes Four Ways to Say Farewell...“With these words, the conductor Leonard Bernstein defined Gustav Mahler’s “Ninth Symphony“. How much wisdom they contain, since the American musician knew how to impress in his own review of the score, as well as in his readings together with the Viennese Philharmonic and that of Berlin, a truly authentic potential. This testament, which is number nine, led him to affirm to the head of the New York Philharmonic that “the 20th century was the century of death and that Mahler was its musical prophet.“.