Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Since the era of his former chief conductor Rafael Kubelík, who established the Mahler tradition of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the early 1960s, the music of this composer, who stood on the threshold of modernity, has been a permanent part of the orchestra's repertoire. The young Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin is one of the rising stars of the scene and makes his debut with Mahler's First Symphony on the BR-KLASSIK label. He is one of the leading representatives of a younger generation of conductors and has already conducted such renowned orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic since his European debut in 2004. Currently, Yannick Nézet-Séguin is the chief conductor of two world-renowned orchestras, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.