Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 5

The Verbier Festival Orchestra, under the assured baton of Klaus Mäkelä, performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, a masterpiece of grand proportions written in Vienna just after the composer met his future wife, Alma. The emotional trajectory of the music, opening with a funeral march and culminating in an exuberant chorale theme, mirrors this joyful development in the composer’s personal life.

Klaus Mäkelä appears courtesy of Decca Classics.
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