From the dramatic opening trumpet solo to one of the most serenely heartfelt symphonic statements ever created, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is an exercise in extremes with the power of the orchestra fully realized. More than a century earlier, another Austrian composer set the wheels of dramatic intensity in motion with music recalling the clamor of the battlefield.
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